Duty rise set to bring fuel tax to 71% in 2 weeks

I went to get petrol today and it was up 2p again I THOUGHT CAMERON SAID HE WAS GOING TO WATCH THE PUMPS i think it is disgraceful to lie to the people . when is it going to stop going up people has to live on less money and high prices anybody can see that it is wrong

when is the greedy oil company's and our dodgy goverment going to start cutting
the price of fuel that is all gas elecrtric petrol and diesel they are ruining the lives
of thousands of people with there greed. Mr unelected Cameron does not care
about any one but him self they have got the cheek to but there noses in to other country's but cannot look after his own when the next election comes half the people will be living in poverty just what the goverment want's.

Interesting to read all these people complaining in 2009 about how terrible the then government was, increasing fuel tax yet again - load of wasters - time they were thrown out...

...and they have been...

....and the new government...

...is increasing fuel tax some more!

Please can someone tell me if the 20% VAT charged on fuel includes the duty or is it only charged on the price before duty is added and what at this moment in time is the total percentage of duty and tax on fuel. Do these rates differ between petrol and diesel and if so, why?? Thanks.

Perhaps thats why diesel costs so much more than petrol. 6p per litre in some garages. Gordon Brown only said he would not increase tax on petrol for a year. He did not mention diesel. Remember he was the one who wanted to encourage people to buy diesel cars in the first place which is why the duty on deisel was less than petrol.

It's ok for the government to say the present system encourages the public to buy more economical cars, but who can afford to? certainly not most of the drivers as their spending power is getting lower as fuel prices and taxes are increasing all the time which pushes the cost of living up meaning they have to hold on to their car longer which uses more fuel and more to tax which puts them further and further away from being able to replace thier fuel guzzling jallopy with a newer more economical one. Also, what are they doing to control public transport costs, obviously nothing when railfares keep going up well above inflation. What they are really trying to do is get less cars on the road by putting motoring out of the reach of most people so they can get to their golfing clubs or wherever.

Why are fuel prices going up & up when the barrel rate is low.

King Fahad of Saudia put the cost of fuel down in Saudia Arabia. The british government is ripping us of along with the petrol retailers.

They couldnt care less about us along as they're Okay.

What can we the british public do about it????? Nothing at all, hence the reason why we are in this mess.

Write to your MP's (sometimes Opposition MP's are better) and get them on side to fight and raise the disgusting stealth way of hitting ther recession beaten publie with another tax hike...

No one is relied on in the government. No matter it being a coalition one now. With Conservatives/Liberal democrats together Petrol prices are never going to be changed by the way it feels like today. Every time who ever wins the election, petrol prices apear to go up all the time and never come down to a more fairer stable affordable balance for every one to afford.

This is where I would never believe in what any party plans to do as they apear to break that promise and be unkind to the community.

71% OF ALREADY TAXED INCOME
FOR LOW PAID and PENSIONERS,, IT IS A TAX TO FAR.
Democracy Ended where the Tax Laws begin
What other country charges its citizens with a 71% tax
even millionaires do not pay this rate

it doesn`t matter in who get we get in power they are all helmets they promise us things but never get around to doing it when petrol goes up so does everything goes up we always get shafted.haha this county is a joke

It would be nice to see an article on how fuel tax in the UK compares to that of other countries in Europe/World who have their own oil production. How bad are we really off?

Also, it may not be a good idea to use the measuring stick of a % of the retail price - even though we are paying more tax you will find the % has gone down. Take a look '97 and '98 on this chart: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2000/world_fuel_crisis/933648.stm

yes its time to stop the rape and political UK, would expect the taxpayer are being financially burdened by the governmet. they are again taking under false pretences money from out own pocket to pay for the mistakes that they themselves agreed to resolve (ie the banking mess )we need to start to react to these situations and rebel, or politically and diplomatically stop it, we the british people have only so much money in our pockets and this government is determined to get all of it, we a re the highest taxpayers in europe and we know it and we should be getting better value for the pounds we do contribute to the tax system. the politicians who are in power or considering to be in power should be looking for the betterment of the people of this country and not for the betterment of others (ie refugees and aid to other countries not connected ) or even the filling of their own pockets.

If the fuel price's keep on rising i will simply declare my car sorn so that the government not only lose out on the money i would use for petrol but also the £200 i pay per year to tax the car!

I will get a bike rather then give this government anymore money, When from what i can see they do nothing noticeable with it, The road's are a state and we are getting mug for using them!

The government should decrease the fuel coast rather then increasing the fuel coast, as affects this affects the coast of Living, this increases coast for food and everything else.

UK still has not fully recovered from RECESSION there are thousands of many people without jobs, government just says big WORDS but about coming out of recession.

The fuel coast in UK is expensive then the 3rd world countries. People in UK need to unit and appose against the government for increasing the coast of Living.

Government people are on 6 figure salary and the increase in fuel coast is nothing to them, as all the coast is paid by the tax payers.

Hi All

To be honest I havent got a clue when it comes to tax and vat, Although I noticed a section in the Daily mail highlighting that we are currently being taxed 56p per litre with an addition of vat 17.61p. Now Vat is on everything we buy so why do we have Value added tax then an additional tax of over 50% on fuel. A few years ago the whole country was in uproar when fuel hit 80p a litre and mass fuel protests were made.

Now were paying an average of £1.17 a litre and everyone just sits back and pays it.

Action is needed

we need to start the fuel protesting again now ,and then hope the new government takes note for when their in power.people need to wake up and stick together a bit like france take no s**t.to much of our tax money as been wasted for fare to long the country is finished .All this country use to own as been sold off.The government cant add up so cant all the bankings.Im telling my children to use this country to get their degrees and get out of here

Dont forget to add VAT on top of that price.
Legalised theft.

Fuel duty and vat are not stealth taxes as some have asserted, they are very visible and even transparent, we can't fail to see them!
As I see it we have the welfare state to thank for high taxes, the more people that claim benefits the higher taxes will be, the government of the day have to get the money from somewhere and the motorist is always the milch cow.
What I think is needed is a fuel strike, and no, I don't advocate blockading depots, what I think would be far more effective would be to simply not buy any petrol for ONE week. I accept that there will be lots of you who will say 'I need my car' well of course you do, we alll do. But, we CAN do without them for ONE week, walk to work, cycle, car share or take a weeks leave. If we all take action the loss to the treasury and crucially the oil companies would be immense. However, I know that support for such an idea will be poor and that soon we will be paying £1.50 per litre and then £2.00 and so on...

GORDON BROWN COULD'NT RUN A BATH

I do seem to remember the vast majority voting for Labour many years ago and what was the slogan "THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER"
well now you got labour!
What ever happened to the british fighting spirit
We all need to get together, thousands, hundreds of thousands,take to the streets,shut down shops industry airports ferrys raillines.
eveyone who can take leave from work should all picket these areas then the next day others should do the same,lets bring this country to a standstill so we get heard
Why not the French do
Awaits for a revolution

WHY DONT WE PAY IT STRAIGHT INTO THE BANKERS BONUS FUND(POOR BANKERS)

I Think the government should now begin to attack our oil dependant transport system. All of us need to BE AWARE this is a portent of the future
There should be an exemption for haulage companies to protect necessaties like food and health supplies etc.Otherwise i am more annoyed that we all have too many cars and make too many utterley pointless trivial journeys .I know many people who make car journeys of less than 12oo yards rather than walk. Now is the time to change our lifestyles.I know this may really hit the 2 car household etc - but why did we all decide to go from 1 to 2 cars anyway

re petrol price rise, the government !WILL RAISE PRICES AGAIN! and guess what the great british public will do about it. ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING AS USUAL.
when will we stand up like the french and say NO NO NO.

rip off britain
tax tax tax ,give the bankers bigger wages from our petrol tax ,give more oversea aid to poor,countries from or petrol tax help increase socal /unemployment benifits from our petrol tax ,help schools teach use to spell better from our petrol tax but stuff the poor motorist who trys to make a living or has to keep a family going ...stuff the norma joe ....rip off uk........

what i dont understand the government and also the petrol companies are greedy, yesterday went past texoco greenford, the price for fuel was 112.9, after one hour the price had risen to 117.9, apparently this was a special price only for saturday, this companies are generating so much revenue that its the ordinary person paying for the this country`s situation we are in. this labour government has put too many stealth taxes, and we are paying why dont we do what the french are very good in doing, up in arms against this government bring them to thier knees.

Just know this Labour, this house hold will not be giving there vote too you, you are a joke and bought our great country to it's knees - Gordon Brown will be remember in history as an Imbocile!!

Now VAT has returned to 17.5% has the duty been reduced? the original increase was to ensure that the VAT decrease was neutral on fuel purchases hence I expect the reverse now but maybe I am being stupid.

Dave

Hi all, I have once again read many of the comments and I agree, with you. having worked in many industries and being the obvious high street buyer, even I can see that every time the fuel rises our cost of living goes up un preportionally! what I mean is that for every 1p on fuel our food goes up, hell even the electricity and gass will probably go up!

every item that is transported will be effected, compaines will deffinatly go out of business because of the price increases over the last year of the so called price freeze.

I thought we were in a depression and the government wanted to get out of it, what a laugh, they want more people to work but it is getting harder and harder to make ends meat month in month out.

And what is it all being blamed on " OH yes reduction in polution" what a load of you know what.

I beleive we should take a leaf out of the French book on how they deal with crazy government changes. I am guessing that the government themselves don't need to worry about the price of fuel as most of it is paid by you and I through there expenses.

I am sorry this country is like a sinking ship, with all the extra people landing each day and the goverment trying to wipe out us at the bottom of the chain while they just get richer and richer. I beleive that the gap between lower class and higher class is increasing.

I don't know about you all but I am tired of working night and day for next to nothing, limited social life, thinking twice about going for a walk in the countryside because of the cost of getting there. so I am planning to move to another country somewhere that I can live and work not just the latter.

Regards, Dave

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What a load of c**p, at least Richard Turnip wore a mask

It's an absolute joke that Petrol prices are going up again. This governent is hell-bent on bringing this country to it's knees by imposing ridiculous and greedy taxation! Most people can barely manage as it is! It is just another way for an this un-elected government to further increase it's revenue and fill it's own pocket! I'm sure that Brown & Darling will think of us little people, the next time they are filling in their expense sheets and have us the tax payer, pay their increased fuel tax for them!

I'm living abroad and we pay 50p a litre and people aren't happy! however as soon as the price comes down for oil it is quickly replicated at the pumps so people usually are pretty happy. With everything thing else going on in the UK it makes me so glad I left. Terrible state of affairs really when you have to leave your own country to try and have a decent standard of living. Maybe I should change nationality, become destitute and then come back! I'm sure I'd get better treatment. I remember the last time people objected to the fuel prices and picketed. They were branded terrorist! However I thought terrorist were national hero's?

Just commenting out everyone elses views. Labour party = get lost.

something really needs to be done, rather than just talking about it, becasue its obvious the goverment don't give a hoot about the average joe.

Don't buy pertol or go near a garage for 1 week they soon change there tune, not only risking the garage of closing, but they won't be making any money, if people don't have fuel in the cars, more compaines will go bust. The goverment really haven't got a clue at all.

and at the end of the day, it all comes down to one thing.... MONEY!

how can we have gordon brown as primeminister of england when he hates the english??? he was the one who cut helcopters for our troops.how many jobs has darling had and failed in? how many foriegn nationals can be allowed in that are not essential to our economy? is it any wonder that the bnp are growing???

You bunch of thieving scum bucket, feather your own nest bunch of dog puke. The sooner you re out of governing your own future the better. Until then you will continue to look after two groups in this country. 1. Yourselves. 2. Every person who does not contribute to the wealth of the Country, but finds it more lucrative to sponge of those who pay their contributions. We are even being priced out of having a beer after work, so those who are on benefit sit in the Witherspoons all day smoking their duty free bacci. Wake up to the real world.

I have expected this. Now everybody in this country, by now, knew that all politicians are lying. It has been said that the govn is going to raise around 1.5 million a day through this tax. How much in a year ?? 547 million. It almost half a billion. I think this is 1/3 profit of the one of the oil companies in the UK or couple of days NHS budget. What a joke !!! To generate small amount govn is punishing theUK population and transport industry. It is simpl math. I smell something wrong in Govn. It is corruption.

i think thay can wage war which cost millons then charge us for it
get rid of the t.w.a.t.s. at no 10

This government has an awful lot to answer for in undermining the very values they stated they supported - the working person, the family etc., So to find them raising prices on fuel in an underhand manner shouldn't really surprise any us!

Over their past term in government they have reduced services to the most venerable - A friends elderly mother of 84 had her allowances cut under the new means tested set-up, which meant she couldn't afford to stay where she was without help from the family - a 1 bedroomed flat! Disabled and long term sick have had their benenfits and services cut.

Then the government have attacked those who are hard working and trying to bring up their families, who have to pay more and more for the essentials in life, with more and more direct and stealth taxes - whilst trying to make you feel good about them - the smiling assasins no less !!!

I thought the principals of the government system of this country and the democracy we are supposed to live in was the "Government of the people, by the people, for the people"

Not a lottery of money being collected and spent in whatever way the government of the day deems to be the most likely way of keeping them in power

In case you had forgotten Mr Brown - this is not supposed to be a popularity contest, this is supposed to be about responsible government for all the people - not the ones who shout loudest - the Bankers most recently would spring to mind! How much did you cost the people in bailing them out - normally businesses who fail don't get pay-outs they go out of business so that good businesses with good business pracice survive.

Enough of my soapbox - So am I surprised we have yet another price rise being put through without necessary debate and votes (2p on fuel) no I am not - just yet another example of a government that is completely out of touch with reality, real people and families - the quicker you are removed the better!

Yet again we see another fuel price rise, I'm sick to death of this disgusting rabble we have in government. There's a credit crunch on and these hideous bunch just aren't interested, the price of a barrel has dropped but do we see a drop.
The more it goes up the more tax they make. It's about time we stood up and did something instead of talking about it.
I know what the French would do.

Can anyonr tell me how many foolscape sheets of paper it would take to list ALL PM.Brown's broken promises?. How many more reams of the papers the promises of all his other 'brown tongues' would take? As for Prudence, and his humility when presenting Budgets. we would have to be really stupid to believe anything this collection of near 'has beens' makes.

18 months ago I started using biodiesel - as fortunately my car is an older model (1995 1.9 litre Volvo TD) . Apart from the usual teething problems (changing fuel filters when car stalling at commencement of biofuel usage) I've had no problems since. The car runs better, performs better (40 mpg on urban cycle, 50 mpg on a run) and obviously runs much cheaper at between 85p/litre and 89p/litre.
OK, so I live in Lancashire, with two biodiesel suppliers close by, but you can always buy your own manufacturing plant from Eco-Tech at Bamber Bridge, Preston, and make your own for as little as 40p/litre. [No - I don't work for Eco-Tech, I'm just making money-saving suggestions.]

Thanks for your dimwitted and ignorant tirade Seymour. How are oil companies greedy? If it was as simple as you believe then I'll choose to be not greedy and clean up! How much cheaper per litre do you think I could sell for? 10p? 20p? 50p? How much profit per litre will I make at these lower prices?

Small clue to help you: cost price of unleaded today 99.95ppl, Derv 98.90ppl. These prices include VAT and Duty.

Alternatively you could read previous OFT reports that found that the UK gasoline market is highly competitive which works for the benefit of the consumer.

How long are we as fuel consumers going to tolerate, and put up with being constantly RIPPED OFF by the exceedingly greedy oil companies? When the price of a barrel of crude oil reached an exorbitant 147 dollars a barrel, unleaded petrol was costing us at that time, at best, £1.19 per litre. Then when the price of a barrel of crude oil fell to 34 dollars a barrel in January, unleaded petrol was costing us £0.829 per litre, – some financial experts informing us at that time, that a fairer price would have been £0.10 cheaper than the £0.829. We are told by the oil companies that it takes approximately 6 weeks for the price of crude oil to be reflected in the prices at the fuel service stations. – I for one, do not see this happening at all. Then when we see the price of crude oil steadily decreasing, we are then told by the oil companies that they are not in a position to reduce their prices, as the British pound is in a weak state against the American dollar. So now with the British pound coming steadily into a stronger state against the American dollar, what is then happening to the prices at the service stations? – A most definite NOTHING in the reduction of prices! – Rather, prices still continue to increase. Surely it is about time that the Office of Fair Trading took a concerned and deep interest into the affairs of the oil companies, and then strenuously and conscientiously, on behalf of the beleaguered fuel consumers, engaged with these companies to stop their blatant profiteering, and obtain for us, as consumers, fair and just, and reasonable prices. We must wake up to the fact that we are the victims of a strategic and organised campaign to drive oil prices constantly higher, in order to satisfy the disgraceful greed mentality of the oil companies. In the name of common decency and fair play, – THE BLATANT RIPPING OFF CULTURE OF THE OIL COMPANIES HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END.

How long are we as fuel consumers going to tolerate, and put up with being constantly RIPPED OFF by the exceedingly greedy oil companies? When the price of a barrel of crude oil reached an exorbitant 147 dollars a barrel, unleaded petrol was costing us at that time, at best, £1.19 per litre. Then when the price of a barrel of crude oil fell to 34 dollars a barrel in January, unleaded petrol was costing us £0.829 per litre, – some financial experts informing us at that time, that a fairer price would have been £0.10 cheaper than the £0.829. We are told by the oil companies that it takes approximately 6 weeks for the price of crude oil to be reflected in the prices at the fuel service stations. – I for one, do not see this happening at all. Then when we see the price of crude oil steadily decreasing, we are then told by the oil companies that they are not in a position to reduce their prices, as the British pound is in a weak state against the American dollar. So now with the British pound coming steadily into a stronger state against the American dollar, what is then happening to the prices at the service stations? – A most definite NOTHING in the reduction of prices! – Rather, prices still continue to increase. Surely it is about time that the Office of Fair Trading took a concerned and deep interest into the affairs of the oil companies, and then strenuously and conscientiously, on behalf of the beleaguered fuel consumers, engaged with these companies to stop their blatant profiteering, and obtain for us, as consumers, fair and just, and reasonable prices. We must wake up to the fact that we are the victims of a strategic and organised campaign to drive oil prices constantly higher, in order to satisfy the disgraceful greed mentality of the oil companies. In the name of common decency and fair play, – THE BLATANT RIPPING OFF CULTURE OF THE OIL COMPANIES HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END.

How long are we as fuel consumers going to tolerate, and put up with being constantly RIPPED OFF by the exceedingly greedy oil companies? When the price of a barrel of crude oil reached an exorbitant 147 dollars a barrel, unleaded petrol was costing us at that time, at best, £1.19 per litre. Then when the price of a barrel of crude oil fell to 34 dollars a barrel in January, unleaded petrol was costing us £0.829 per litre, – some financial experts informing us at that time, that a fairer price would have been £0.10 cheaper than the £0.829. We are told by the oil companies that it takes approximately 6 weeks for the price of crude oil to be reflected in the prices at the fuel service stations. – I for one, do not see this happening at all. Then when we see the price of crude oil steadily decreasing, we are then told by the oil companies that they are not in a position to reduce their prices, as the British pound is in a weak state against the American dollar. So now with the British pound coming steadily into a stronger state against the American dollar, what is then happening to the prices at the service stations? – A most definite NOTHING in the reduction of prices! – Rather, prices still continue to increase. Surely it is about time that the Office of Fair Trading took a concerned and deep interest into the affairs of the oil companies, and then strenuously and conscientiously, on behalf of the beleaguered fuel consumers, engaged with these companies to stop their blatant profiteering, and obtain for us, as consumers, fair and just, and reasonable prices. We must wake up to the fact that we are the victims of a strategic and organised campaign to drive oil prices constantly higher, in order to satisfy the disgraceful greed mentality of the oil companies. In the name of common decency and fair play, – THE BLATANT RIPPING OFF CULTURE OF THE OIL COMPANIES HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END.

How long are we as fuel consumers going to tolerate, and put up with being constantly RIPPED OFF by the exceedingly greedy oil companies? When the price of a barrel of crude oil reached an exorbitant 147 dollars a barrel, unleaded petrol was costing us at that time, at best, £1.19 per litre. Then when the price of a barrel of crude oil fell to 34 dollars a barrel in January, unleaded petrol was costing us £0.829 per litre, – some financial experts informing us at that time, that a fairer price would have been £0.10 cheaper than the £0.829. We are told by the oil companies that it takes approximately 6 weeks for the price of crude oil to be reflected in the prices at the fuel service stations. – I for one, do not see this happening at all. Then when we see the price of crude oil steadily decreasing, we are then told by the oil companies that they are not in a position to reduce their prices, as the British pound is in a weak state against the American dollar. So now with the British pound coming steadily into a stronger state against the American dollar, what is then happening to the prices at the service stations? – A most definite NOTHING in the reduction of prices! – Rather, prices still continue to increase. Surely it is about time that the Office of Fair Trading took a concerned and deep interest into the affairs of the oil companies, and then strenuously and conscientiously, on behalf of the beleaguered fuel consumers, engaged with these companies to stop their blatant profiteering, and obtain for us, as consumers, fair and just, and reasonable prices. We must wake up to the fact that we are the victims of a strategic and organised campaign to drive oil prices constantly higher, in order to satisfy the disgraceful greed mentality of the oil companies. In the name of common decency and fair play, – THE BLATANT RIPPING OFF CULTURE OF THE OIL COMPANIES HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO AN END.

Has anyone noiticed the price of petrol lately the price seems to be going up every week, are we secretly paying the MPS expenses scandal? I can see no reason why the government should keep putting up petrol prices with so many people losing their jobs, especially when the price of oil has gone down dramatically over the last year.......... Just anothe nail in the coffin as far as I can see no one really cares enough.

Hey, hello from across the Atlantic. I hear your guy over there has solved Einstein's theorem. He just made a year disappear in weeks LOL. All govs are the same, they feel the citizen's are there for the gov not the other way around. Hell our pres thinks he can solve the world's problems not just ours. Oh wait, all our president's think they can. Just to let u know, most American's are not a bunch of simpering idiots that u usually get visiting over there. Those are just the richer idiots that think the world is their proper butler. Most of us have never left our own states let alone our country. As I like to say on my blogs (Lie, Obfuscate, Deny, Attack, or Change Subject WAKE UP AMERICA). How do you know a politician is lying?-their lips are moving. Keep up the good fight and GOD SAVE US FROM THE FOLLIES OF GOVERNMENTS