Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
- Posts: 260
#1
with the rate of tax set to rise on fuel duty what are people views?
why are we in Dover paying more for fuel?
Hows the cost affecting you? i know as a company its crippling me
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#2
I think the increase should not go ahead and I believe that diesel should be reduced as well - help transporting goods around the country and county.
Roger
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#3
The State financially depends to a large degree on fuel tax, and if that tax was not kept, or was reduced, or were not to be increased, the missing money would be reaped in through other taxes.
It doesn't affect me personally, as I couldn't afford a car, nor the fuel, nor the road tax, the insurance or any other related expenses.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#4
But the more it goes up, the less people will use their cars, so less income for the treasury.
Roger
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
#5
You are right, Roger. But, if the Treasury needs the money, and does not take it from hiked fuel taxes, then they might have to reduce pensions, or JSA, or other benefits, or working tax credits, or spending on the NHS, or on the armed Forces, or on the Police...
Otherwise they could put a special one-off tax on the super-rich...or not give aid to India...
But somewhere, the money must come in, and it's probably each individual's preference where it should come from.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
there is no chance of any reduction in the budget, george has already signalled that.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
roger i have saying for years now.dosent seem to sink into goverments thick skull.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
#8
Ha! You think fuel taxes are high? Ozzy is set to increase the carbon floor price. Now that really is a game changer.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#10
.......and then news today about price fixing. Who'd have thought it?
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
#11
Just got back from Abu Dhabi where petrol is 30p a litre.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#12
Peter that will just rub salt into the wounds of those that run a car.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#13
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
#14
Oil price manipulation 'could have driven up food and household goods prices' as well as petrol
Families could have been paying too much for food and everyday household goods if companies
are found to have fixed the oil price, the Government has indicated.
The actions of the traders are having an impact on the price at the pump, it is said
Officials admitted the impact of oil-price fixing could go be much wider than driving up petrol prices,
after the European officials raided companies suspected of "colluding" to distort the market.
Fears are growing that a fresh financial scandal has hit consumers' pockets, after the
European Commission revealed this week it is conducting an inquiry into allegations of fuel price-fixing.
BP and Shell, along with a Norwegian oil giant, Statoil, are suspected of having "colluded in reporting
distorted prices to manipulate the published prices for a number of oil and biofuel products".
Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, has promised companies will face the "full force of the law" if their
behaviour is found to have "driven up" petrol prices.
However, his Department of Energy and Climate Change also acknowledged the impact of oil market
rigging could be bigger than simply affecting petrol prices.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#15
Yes the knock on affect of those big companies making sure they kept there greedy profits is big to everyone
lets hope BP and Shell re think but what makes me think they wont?
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#16
its not only bp or shell being ivestegated,there is the norwiegen state owned oil company as well.so what makes me wonder why people on here only picking on bp and shell and the other.it all works out that there might other oil produsers not yet named in it yet.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#17
Bring them all to book
BP and Shell have been mentioned any others then bring them all in(i have no favourites brian lol_)
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#18
kieth,the report mentiond 3 oil companys.the 2 reg mentiond and a norwiegen state owned company which has been mentiond on the forum.
it would be nice if reg printed the full story instad of half the story.
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
- Posts: 727
#19
Wont solve the problem but a £60 spend at Tesco this week gives 10p off a litre at the pumps.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#20
Just noticed the price of oil has gone done over 10% recently. Has the cost fuel decreased, of course not!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/commodities/143908/three_month.stm