ePolitix stakeholders respond to key points of the 2005 Budget.

TRANSPORT / FUEL DUTY

Stakeholder Response: Forum of Private Business

Nick Goulding, chief executive of the FPB, said: "The FPB welcomes the delay in increasing fuel duty until December. However we would rather the duty increase was scrapped altogether for the entirety of the financial year.

"The Eddington review announced in the Budget delays decision on the urgent need for continued investment in