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Post by Desktop Hoggy on Mar 12, 2010 0:39:52 GMT
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Post by Stealth on Mar 12, 2010 16:22:48 GMT
Coincidence! I signed that only this a.m. Absolute bloody con.
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Post by Desktop Hoggy on Nov 15, 2010 15:25:22 GMT
We've got a response from the government *shock,horror* www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=DutyReductionGovernment response Your petition relates to the policy of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. In his 2008 Pre-Budget Report the former Chancellor said “I will offset the VAT reduction, by increasing all these duties by an amount which should keep the overall cost to consumers the same this year.”
The coalition Government’s first changes to taxation were announced in the June Budget. The Budget sets out the action the Government is taking to rebalance the economy and provide the conditions for sustainable growth and deficit reduction. This involves difficult choices.
The existing rates of fuel duty and the rates applicable through to January 2011 were set and legislated for by the previous Government. Under plans the coalition Government has inherited fuel duty is scheduled to rise by one pence per litre above indexation each year thereafter until April 2014.
It is necessary to implement these increases as dealing with the budget deficit is the single greatest economic challenge this Government faces. Unavoidably, tough decisions are required, but underpinning the Government’s approach is a commitment to fairness. The Government has been clear that the burden of deficit reduction will have to be shared, but the most vulnerable in our society will be protected.Disgusting that the coalition aren't doing anything about it, so much for Camerons pre-election pledge of an escalator (fuel duty goes down when the price of oil goes up and vice versa) Increasing fuel duty is as bad as increasing VAT, every time duty goes up, so does the price of goods, purely because the goods are delivered through the haulage industry and they have no other option to pass on the costs. It's no wonder inflation is higher than it should be. The haulage industry is already at breaking point, if that collapses then so does the country. How can the government protect "the most vulnerable in our society?" Time for another fuel strike.
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Post by Stealth on Nov 21, 2010 19:14:03 GMT
I don't see much of them protecting the vulnerable! All I can see is the usual Tory policy of protecting the rich & ripping off the rest.
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