coldel Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 http://news.sky.com/story/952910/fuel-duty-tax-frozen-for-the-year Quote
Commander Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Woohoo!! Now only if they'd actually start reducing the amount of tax we pay on it... Quote
brillomaster Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 hooray! I feel a nice long drive coming on the celebrate Quote
Ekona Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 If they were cancelling it altogether then that would be great, but they're not so I don't see why we're all getting so excited about it. It's going to happen at some point: Maybe not in January if the economy is still crap (and would you really want a hike in fuel costs just after Christmas?), but at some point it'll kick in and go through the roof. Probably when Labour get back in at the next election and realise there's still no cash, but start borrowing money again and then realise the need to pay for it somehow. Quote
coldel Posted June 26, 2012 Author Posted June 26, 2012 Well, its not going up NOW which is good. Will it go up say 6p in a years time, I doubt it. They say they are covering the shortfall between now and next year so wont be 'recovering' anything. It will go up at some point, the country is broke, so it has to. For the time being if it is deferred till next year then all the better. Quote
Commander Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Well, its not going up NOW which is good. Will it go up say 6p in a years time, I doubt it. They say they are covering the shortfall between now and next year so wont be 'recovering' anything. It will go up at some point, the country is broke, so it has to. For the time being if it is deferred till next year then all the better. +1 Quote
brillomaster Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 indeed, in fact its dropped from 133.9 to around 128.9 in recent weeks, so heres hoping it stays below 130 for a while! Quote
coldel Posted June 26, 2012 Author Posted June 26, 2012 Reflecting the lower price of oil...I remember pay 154p during the threatened fuel shortage a couple of months back, paid 140p the other day for the same stuff! Quote
Zugara Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Whatever happens......we are screwed. Think back to the gulf war when it went up to £0.85ppl iirc, they sad it would come back down to prewar prices......did it? Nagh........ Quote
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