Cybro wrote:
The government said that, taking inflation into account, the proportion of
prices accounted for by fuel duty has fallen during this decade.
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| Author: | Cybro [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Call To Axe Planned April Fuel Duty Rise |
11 Feb 2008 Hauliers urge fuel duty control Hauliers' representatives are due to meet Chancellor Alistair Darling to urge him not to raise fuel duty by a further 2 pence a litre. The increase is planned for April but firms say the government should think again because of high fuel prices. The Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations will tell the chancellor that although he cannot control fuel prices, he should control the duty. The groups say April's increase will cause them "serious difficulties". 'Not necessary' They say the further 2p increase in duty due on 1 April will create serious difficulties for both them and private motorists. "We don't think that the tuppence increase is necessary," Roger King, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, told the BBC. "For a 1p increase it costs the average haulier, with the average truck, £600 a year. "It adds to the cost of the UK economy. We say - leave road transport alone." He said the government already received enough revenue from taxes on oil. "We are saying - don't go ahead, delay it if necessary until world oil prices come down." And he also called for the haulage industry to be subject to a separate taxation regime from the ordinary motorist. 'Serious difficulties' And in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, 11 leading figures from business groups and motoring industries argued that they were being hit simultaneously by a slow down in the economy and rising fuel costs. In the letter, the organisations said: "At 50.35p a litre, UK fuel duty for diesel and petrol is already the highest in Europe. Indeed UK diesel duty is double the EU average rate of 25p a litre. "The chancellor now plans to increase this by 2p per litre from 1 April. "Such an increase will generate further serious difficulties for the transport and forecourt industries, business drivers, those dependent on the car, and for businesses or individuals in remote or rural areas with no alternative transport options." AA president Edmund King said: "Our analysis shows that the chancellor has already bagged an unexpected windfall of more than £4bn from motorists and the oil industry in the last 12 months. "Therefore, even if he scraps the threatened 2p per litre increase, he would still be £3bn better off." The government said that, taking inflation into account, the proportion of prices accounted for by fuel duty has fallen during this decade. Source: BBC News |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Call To Axe Planned April Fuel Duty Rise |
Cybro wrote: The government said that, taking inflation into account, the proportion of prices accounted for by fuel duty has fallen during this decade.
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| Author: | GBC [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:51 pm ] |
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Well, you all know who NOT to vote for next time around. |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:54 pm ] |
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GBC wrote: Well, you all know who NOT to vote for next time around. All of them. They all go along with this highway robbery.
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| Author: | CABMAN [ Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:24 pm ] |
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i know one that wont  red white and blue
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| Author: | gusmac [ Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:39 pm ] |
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CABMAN wrote: i know one that wont
red white and blueWasn't it the last tory govt that brought in the fuel duty escalator, which led to the fuel protests in 2000? |
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