Police meet activists and will inquire into abuse and sexual assault allegations. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Finance minister says cut to fuel excise always meant to be ‘temporary’ relief Katy Gallagher , the finance minister, said the cut to the fuel excise was always meant to be temporary, but the government is still monitoring oil prices despite a preliminary deal for a cease fire between the US and Iran. It was meant to be a temporary relief during this conflict. We know that there will be a tail to this conflict in terms of how that impacts on prices and households remains to be seen. So, this is something I think the PM said yesterday [that] we keep under consideration. And if we make a decision that changes, that will be rel