A NORTH-West based small business lobby group has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to ease anxiety among companies over petrol prices by linking fuel duty with the price of crude oil.
The Forum of Private Business made its demand as the price of Brent crude jumped again by $1.86 to trade at $47.47 a barrel.
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