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Scrap fuel duty increase plan - MP
12:32pm Tuesday 4th March 2008
BOLTON North-east MP David Crausby is calling on Chancellor Alistair Darling to scrap the planned price increase in fuel duty on petrol and diesel.
Fuel prices are already more than £1 a litre and will rise again by 2p in April with the new duty.
After adding his name to a motion in Parliament, Mr Crausby admitted the Government was at the mercy of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is based in Saudi Arabia and charging more than $100 dollars for a barrel.
But he added: "The Government does have control over the amount of duty they collect from British motorists."
He said the 2p duty rise would mean a significant financial burden on those on low incomes and those who lived in rural areas where public transport inadequate.
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Mike Davies, Bury says...
2:12pm Tue 4 Mar 08
John, says...
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john, bolton says...
7:06pm Tue 4 Mar 08
They should give us the total of all the failed schemes: private pension destruction, tax-credit fiasco, illegal wars, fines paid to Europe, PFI disasters etc. Then tell us why they need more tax on fuel.
RockyRereturns, Bicester says...
8:12pm Tue 4 Mar 08
£1.50 a gallon
nuff said I think
SgtSaRaHxXx, never never land, Bolton says...
8:48pm Tue 4 Mar 08
RockyRereturns wrote:here here!! I'm a 22 year old earning what i think is a relatively meagre wage, how the hell do they expect us to keep going to work to earn decent living to be able to pay these fuel prices, house prices and everything else that costs so much these days?? I work 60 hours a week minimum and still cant afford to get a house as the mortgage I'd get wouldnt come anywhere close to it. If taxes and everything else keeps rising the way it is doing, we'll all be out on the streets before we know it! America has it right, fair fuel prices NOW!!
America £1.50 a gallon nuff said I think
BN Reader, Bromley Cross says...
10:13pm Tue 4 Mar 08
RockyRereturns wrote:I remember going to the states when it was on 50cents/gallon!! and that was only in 1996!!!
America £1.50 a gallon nuff said I think
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