VOTERS have warned Chancellor John Healey to keep the fuel duty freeze in place as prices soar.

Sixty-three per cent of Brits demand the rate be kept down as amid the

A person's hand holding a green fuel pump handle at a petrol station.Motorists have been facing high pump prices amid the Middle East conflict Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto John Healey, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, smiles while leaving 10 Downing Street.Brits have warned Chancellor John Healey to keep the fuel duty freeze in place Credit: Alamy

Pressure will mount on the Treasury in the run up to the Budget to maintain the freeze following

Mr Healey also faces calls to extend the temporary 5p duty that is due to expire at the end of December.

Government documents say they will confirm the final rates at the Budget at the end of October.

A breakdown of the figures show 31 per cent strongly support a fuel duty freeze at its current rate with 32 per cent saying they somwhat support keeping the rate as it is.

Separately, 55 per cent say fuel duty should be reduced with 24 per cent say it should stay as it is.

Ex-Chancellor abandoned plans to hike fuel duty by 5p back in May in the

Petrol hit 161.66p over the weekend as has rocketed by 17p in a month now standing at 182p per litre.

A litre of petrol cost just 132.83p on the day the conflict broke out, while diesel cost 142.38p a litre.

Simon Williams, from the , said: “The price of petrol appears to have finally reached an Iran War peak, having risen 11p over 33 consecutive days.

“While prices should fall a little in the coming days, this may be short-lived as the cost of a barrel of oil has climbed almost $10 in the last week towards $90.

“The current situation shows just how volatile fuel prices are and how drivers in the UK are at the mercy of global events.”