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This is a perfact example of Brown administration failure. He should admit that he is unable to deliver and go home.

Hi Brendan,

It seems this Government is determined to do all it can to make the recession worse. Just when we need lower prices to help start the economy again we do not need a rise in the cost of living. An increase in fuel tax will increase the cost of just about everything we will buy.

This government could not run a beer-up in a brewery.

Regards,
Brian.

what with 2M unemployed and the rest of us stuggling to hold down a job whilst paying taxes this labor gov is stabbing the working man in the back yet again
see how they will like it being out of office next time around

I have not had a pay inrease in over 2 years, I may lose my job due to the downturn in business, my ISA interest will be reduced to almost nothing and now I am expected to pay more TAX on fuel. This does not make sense for the average tax payer, Government do not know how people live!

Yet more stealth taxation that the general public really do not notice. It is time this lousy Government reduced taxes all round to put spending money in peoples pockets which would boost the economy and ultimately increase tax revenues. Thanks for highlighting this!

Some great comments here...even some valid points...but, I wonder where will you all be casting your votes at the next election.

I remember the last two elections when everyone said that they would not be voting labour...remember those two...reminder:"education, education, education"...my eldest (21this year)stayed in a class (primary)of between 40-60 pupils when the school combined two years because of a lack of teachers...think that's old news- then think again - I have just signed up to assist teachers in the classroom...why? because the education system is having problems recruiting and keeping the teaching staff - hmmmm.

Ok, next the NHS...I think it's fair to say that waiting lists/times are down and I agree that hospitals up and down the country can demonstrate that they have reduced these...but how did they arrive at their figures - ah yes, I remember - the Government changed the qualifying criteria for people appearing on the waiting list...and I'm not even going to mention the postcode lottery for people wanting treatment for critical illnesses...ooops ...just did.

Next up, "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" - I can't speak for anyone else and on this issue I wouldn't like to, but ask yourself..."when was the last time I felt that a sentence/penalty was adequate for the crime committed?"

So how do you feel now? Do you still think Gordon Brown is the best thing since sliced bread, or is it a case of being fooled by our own Prime Minister...just how gullible does he think we are?

NOW answer the question: "who am I going to vote for at the next election?". If the answer is Labour then, I think you just might not have got the plot...this is not a difficult question. Just how appropriate is the Jilted John song "Gordon is a moron". If you Google this song you will find many more of Gordon Brown's wonderfuel "efforts".

when will these bafoons who run this country realise motorists havnt got bottomless pockets

I really can't see any justification for this at all. If oil prices have dropped and the pump prices only reduced fleetingly - they are now back up again - the Government is making money hand over fist even with the VAT reduction. No-one has yet explained to me why the differential between diesel and unleaded fuel is still so great - it used to be just a couple of pence and now it is about 10p so the tax is even more on that!

How are us pensioners expected to cope??

BAD NEWS!!! Another thing that doesn't make sense(apart from ripping us off even more) is why the prices of petrol and diesel are not comparable. A few years ago diesel was much cheaper than petrol but I suppose there were not the same amount of diesel cars around then and so it wasn't such a cash cow for the chancellor!

Not happy at the increase but I suppose it helps if we reduce our driving and CO2 gases? I have taken to walking the extra few yards and I'm 87. My children say my few yards don't make any difference but if EVERYBODY went that extra mile........

As per usual this pathetic attempt of a government are going to hammer the motorist. I suppose it's more money that we are going to give them so they can bail out yet another bank that has got into trouble because they have acted carelessly with our money & no one bothers to monitor what these clown's are actually doing. At the end of they day why does it actualy matter to these people because they have managed to get them selves a million pound pension with no get out clause so an extra 2% in fuel duty is chicken feed. Well it isn't chicked feed to us the poor motorist's that are feeling the credit crunch! I suppose if he does take notice of this blog and doesn't raise the duty on fuel beer & cigarrets will be banged up!

yet again brown is trying to play safe and hit people with taxes on things that they need.he has promised so much and delivered so little.bring on an election and get cameron in!!

When will Gordon Brown realise that people need their vehicles to get to work and also for work. Perhaps hauliers and transport companies should cut down on their travelling, starting with not making deliveries to anywhere inside the London congestion zone, then when parliament and main financial instituions do not receive any deliveries they might start to understand why we need transport and to stop punishing people wanting to work, no-one travels at peak times to sit in traffic jams for fun it is because they want to work! Gordon stop making it more difficult to work and start helping the country. It seems the harder we try to make a better living for ourselves and families the more we get taxed.

Everything at some point travels by road, so this rise will mean an increase in the cost of EVERYTHING! Brown the liar has lost his grip, his honor and his popularity, vote him out!!

Is it not enough that we pay road tax, BROWN taxes us every time we fill up at the pumps. Why doesn't he take a pay cut, lets see if he could manage on £10-£15k per year and make him pay his own travel expenses. He is just a greedy fat cat like so many bankers everyone complains about.
I suppose to add insult to injury as well the fuel companies will soon annouce pre tax profits of god knows how many billions.

I think we are paying way to much on fuel tax compared to other countries. I use my car for work and have to travel very early in the morning or late at night so there is not any alternative for public transport. I am struggling to make ends meet at the moment and this fuel duty rise is only going to make it harder for me. The govement is supposed to be helping peolple through this credit crucnh not making it harder for all of us. I strogly dissagree with the descision to rase fuel tax again.

This is another example of the Government not thinking things through. An attempt to look good, and appear to be doing something on CO2 and climate change.

Fuel duty increases only cut back on those making leisure journeys. Business travel/journeys that have to be made won't reduce any, just become more expensive, but as fewer people travel fuel useage will drop thus revenue will drop.

Now this may well work out revenue neutral for the Government and look good on the climate change front, however it will not help business. It may well make the economic situation worse.

But as long as the weather's nice eh!

The government is certainly not doing any help to the hardworking citizens of the country by further raising fuel duty.

This increase in fuel duty is yet another example of desperation to collect more in tax and if the change breaks promises given during a Parliamentary debate that's just too bad.

Not many people will notice and those that do would not expect much else from this party and a leader who has ( according to him) abolished boom and bust!

How on earth does the government expect the average household to survive? To keep raising tax on every day things is just criminal. With the cost of fule etc keeping on rising, the cost of crime will rise as people resort to other ways of making money!

Just another nail in the pensioners coffin .while they are making millions out of the poor people of Britain we are supposed to sit here and take it.where is the bull bulldog spirit this country used to have .At one time someone would have stood up and demanded an explanation as to why they can rob the poor people of britain .But alas there are no Robin hoods here now are there, just fat cats andpeople getting richer as we are getting poorer.This country needs a leader,someone for the poorer people to turn to and get things done as they should be if that is possible.

Gordon Browne breaks his promises more often than he changes his underwear. We have all come to expect it now. It is time we stood up to him and told him to get out and let someone take over that people can trust.

if brown increases fuel again then the extra tax must be going to pay for the big pensions of bosses who break the bank does he not think that people pay out more than is needed just to live these days what with jobs going everywhere.

There is nothing worse than a liar in my eyes, and this piece of shite who calls himself Prime Minister is a Prime Rib liar.

Why doesn't he do us all a favour and choke on the Mothers Day breakfast he is making for his wife and let somebody who tells the truth run our country!!!

Its strange that none of this has been mentioned in the media!! The government clearly want it to pass without being noticed.

What happened to all the oil the Iraq war was illegally launched for???

More double dealing by our goverment. How much public money have they used to bale out those inept bankers. Now the poor old motorist is being shafted to try and balance the books. At least DiIck Turpin wore a mask!

My opion of UK Government is unprintable,if it's not fuel tax,it's something else.No Government wants to tackle the real problem and thats themselves. They are out of touch with what the public actually wants from them including the truth.They haven't got the bottle to tackle Immigration which is putting uk residents on the dole.It's time to say no to Brussels constant changes and go back to being British.

Disgraceful underhand stealth tax yet again.

Do you not realise that there is a credit crunch on! I have to drive to work and the round trip is 114miles a day. I like many others strive to work for a living, however it is getting increasingly uncomfortable with work life standards being erroded daily. Savings have been depketed by the banks inability to look after our money correctly yet we the customer and tax payer have to pay for their misyakes so why oh why are people / managers allowed such huge payments and pensions when they are told to go. Nobody is any better than you or I and should never be allowed to have that amount of because they do not deserve or even earn it. I am sick of the systematic rape of the workers who want to make a better life for their family. To be told again that fuel costs will increase and yet the price of a barrel of crude is far below where we were in June last year. I feer the worst in this country as seemingly we have no voice. Or do we?

Appears to be blatant profiteering in my opinion ... the only winners here are the government and the forecourts with the general public paying the price of their combined greed. Will there ever be a true relationship betwen the wholesale cost of oil and the prie we pay at the pump??? Does anyone have the authority to challenge this status quo??? As someone who needs to use a car for work purposes I am absolutely disgusted.

The price of petrol is bad enough, but when you live in a rural area with no gas, the cost of domestic fuel oil has not dropped as it should have done, sometimes you can arrange to use the car less often, but you cannot avoid heating your house when the weather is cold. However this government is not interested because we are not a big enough lobby.

Why should people that depend and possibly have no alternative but to use their cars to even exist in life, pay for the government to waste billions of pounds on red tape in administration costs and pay Bonuses to people who have brought disaster to industry.

If the common worker did that they would be sacked without any comensation

Think of the voters Mr Brown. You will want them at Election time, But they will not want you

Petrol up again and once more promises broken. Always hits the less well off worst, just like the high number of speed cameras in certain areas. At least with the cameras you think will perhaps it might help in reducing some accidents, but just adding to the Governments coffers is galling. Gordon Brown has so much to answer for. Lord knows what he will spend it on this time.

MM Glasgow

For years the government have been making their promises with one breath and breaking them with the next. So when Brown says that he won't do something like raise fuel duty, why should anyone believe him. The problem with the people in this country is that they are too gullable and will believe any rubbish they are fed. the problem with this government and those before and after this one, is that they are greedy. they say that they are working for the people but the only people they are working for is for themselves. They are either lining their own pockets through wage increases and expense accounts or they are lending it to other countrys as a loan then writing the debt off because the couintry in question have wasted the money and can't afford to pay it back. This country is no longer a democratic country but more of a dictatorship.
So as it is the people of this country are paying through the nose for things like fuel to rectify the misgivings of a rogue, unelected government.
WHAT WE NEED IS MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO STAND UP TO THIS GOVERNMENT AND BE COUNTED.

Another means of taken money from the working class, amazing the rich example the banks never get hammered and the politicians are ok because they just claim expenses for ruining the stat of our economy but we the general public pay.

sinply by adding it on fuel, especially when barrel of oil is at all time low

we should do what the French do blockade and cause mayhem maybe then this pathetic goverment will get its act together, well dont matter to me never vote for this goverment again

Just another Labour failure!

Some people claim £60,000 on second homes, at this rate as a pensioner I'll be living in my car instead of the house as I can't afford to heat the building but going nowhere 'cause I can't afford the petrol. Some in the Government should try living in the real world for a change, living on the money ordinary folk get.