Petrol increase

derrick

Just heard Gordon Brown is to increase fuel duty by 1.25p per litre from midnight tonight.

Chris4817

1.25 pence per litre actually.

derrick

Correct, I missed the "2" key.

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saintjanet

Gordon Is A Moron.

exil

Odd that with fuel costing so much the roads are full of gas-guzzling 4-wheel drive monsters.

A_Doonhamer

Not really, most people with large vehicles like that wont even notice the increase. Its the poor people with lower incomes that will feel it.

Markyt

exil wrote:

Odd that with fuel costing so much the roads are full of gas-guzzling 4-wheel drive monsters.

Mine is capable of running on bio diesel or veg oil, both renewable and clean. If I put veg oil in, I have to declare it to customs, who charge me an amount which makes it equivalent to normal diesel. So, the green tax argument peddled by the guvmint is rubbish.

geo555

derrick wrote:

Just heard Gordon Brown is to increase fuel duty by 1.25p per litre from midnight tonight.

Don't forget that VAT will be added to the increase in duty so it will be more like a 1.5p per litre increase

derrick

geo555 wrote:

Don't forget that VAT will be added to the increase in duty so it will be more like a 1.5p per litre increase

Yes, realised that later, it is dispicable of governments that they add tax to a tax. Do other countries do the same, or is it just ROB, (rip off Britain)?

meclive

£1.50 a litre!! as if driving isnt expensive enough already...

norbie

meclive wrote:

£1.50 a litre!! as if driving isnt expensive enough already...

I think you've misread something