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Topic : Fuel tax |
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| Grianan |
Hi When VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists. Now that VAT has been increased to 17.5% again this hidden tax has not been removed - hence recent rises in your fuel costs. There is a petition on the 10 Downing Street website which you can sign to have this stealth tax removed - see link below. petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/ Happy motoring! |
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| roosterman |
thats me signed up,see what happens,probs not a lot |
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| greengrass |
Well i did it  |
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| carliol |
another one done.....good idea....fingers crossed! |
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| Peter |
and another |
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| Loafer |
Me too. |
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| alan |
Done.......... |
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| Bob T |
Done |
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| Golden Oldie |
and me. |
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| original |
Plus me |
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| old_miner |
Not me - petrol is too cheap. |
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| alan |
You must be the owner of Silsden petrol station then old miner!  |
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| old_miner |
Unfortunately not. However, I am concerned about the future and what we are going to leave behind. Oil is really to valuable a commodity to burn. |
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| jonno |
Done. when buses and trains are as cheap as using my car then I'll use them |
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| old_miner |
Cars are actually to cheap, that is why there is so many of them clogging the world up. A lot less cars around would be better for everyone. |
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| alan |
How about better public transport, maybe then people wouldn't use their cars as much! |
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| roosterman |
you got a car,minor? |
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| alan |
quoteyou got a car,minor? It's steam, runs on coal........... |
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| roosterman |
was thinking that myself,or runs of cooking fat  |
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| localman |
old miner is spot on there are two many cars on the road most of the time its just grown men driving round in there little tin toys, cars should only be used when they need to be used why do some families have to have 3 or 4 cars. |
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| jonno |
quoteold miner is spot on there are two many cars on the road most of the time its just grown men driving round in there little tin toys, cars should only be used when they need to be used why do some families have to have 3 or 4 cars. You question appears to be rhetorical, but just in case it's not. People have to be in different places at the same time, often places where there are not reliable or frequent pulic transport links. but anyway this thread was about the governments sneaky leaving on of the extra fuel duty now that vat has gone back up. |
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| Peter |
Just to remind you this is the subject of this topic: When VAT was temporarily reduced to 15%, the Chancellor added 2% duty to fuel to offset the reduction in tax collected from motorists. Now that VAT has been increased to 17.5% again this hidden tax has not been removed - hence recent rises in your fuel costs. There is a petition on the 10 Downing Street website which you can sign to have this stealth tax removed - see link below. petitions.number10.gov.uk/DutyReduction/ Happy motoring! |
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| bandnwire |
I've signed it too. |
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| Todlem |
DONE |
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| Sarah |
Me too - and I circulated it by e-mail! |
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| roofrack |
signed up |
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| bobber |
i've signed the petition because unlike some i have to get to work, a forty mile round trip, six days a week,all year long.wish i had the luxury of having a job in silsden,where i would happily walk to my workplace! |
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| pumbajunior |
agreed bobber i work shifts dont think public transport runs between midnight n 6am no good for me plus mrs works far side of leeds possible with public transport but its that crap she nearly lost her job a few years ago due to crap connections/late trains before she got a car as my dad has said for years very few people work at the mill at the end of the road these days (probably as it was shut years ago and has since been turned into apartments) signed up |
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| tolpuddle |
Cheap fuel has created the phenomena of mass commuting. If the cheap fuel policy cannot be sustained then there will have to a lot of re-thinking on employment patterns. Commuting started as public transport increased. Around some cities the railways were created as commuter links. In retrospect closing many of the rail lines that fed into Leeds and Bradford was not a good idea as some would have made good commuting routes. My personal opinion is that the current level of personal transportation is unsustainable; one reason for moving to Silsden with good road an rail public transport. (it might not be brilliant but is a lot better than many other places) |
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| poononga1 |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) Looks like our local petrol station has to pay a higher rate of tax than anyone else, 114.9 right now, thats the last time a fill up there i can tell thee! |
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events sale / wanted general have your say looking for.. skippy greengrass |
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