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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Vince Cable warned drivers not to expect a cut in fuel duty yesterday – because there isn’t enough money in the Treasury’s coffers to pay for ‘freebies’.
The Business Secretary intervened on the same day that MPs unanimously demanded the Chancellor consider scrapping the fuel duty rise scheduled for January.
Feeling was so high on the Commons benches that the motion was passed without a vote.
The debate was triggered by a Downing Street e-petition that was signed by 100,000 voters.
Ministers claimed they were listening to MPs, but Mr Cable’s comments suggest otherwise.
He said: ‘There are a lot of ideas going round at the moment on cutting taxes and increasing spending, and the Government isn’t in the position to do a lot of this. We’ve got a very big budget deficit and the top priority is getting that down.
Opening the Commons debate earlier in the day, Robert Halfon, Tory MP for Harlow, described the fuel duty as a ‘tax on hard-working, vulnerable Britons’.
He said: ‘Fuel duty is the...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Vince Cable warned drivers not to expect a cut in fuel duty yesterday – because there isn’t enough money in the Treasury’s coffers to pay for ‘freebies’.
The Business Secretary intervened on the same day that MPs unanimously demanded the Chancellor consider scrapping the fuel duty rise scheduled for January.
Feeling was so high on the Commons benches that the motion was passed without a vote.
The debate was triggered by a Downing Street e-petition that was signed by 100,000 voters.
Ministers cla... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
