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More supermarket fuel price cuts bring relief at the pumps
Supermarkets are continuing their fuel price war, with the big three (Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's) all once again reducing their prices over the weekend. Unleaded was the target of the price reductions this time around, with all the chains taking two pence off a...
Average UK Diesel Price Now Cheaper than Petrol
As predicted last week, the UK has now joined the rest of Europe in selling diesel fuel at cheaper prices than unleaded. According to a report in The Telegraph, diesel now averages 116.28 pence per litre - around half a penny less than the average cost of unleaded....
UK Supermarkets Drop Diesel Prices Again
Yesterday we delivered the rather depressing news that despite price reductions and a competitive climate, Brits are still paying more for diesel fuel than people elsewhere in Europe. However, at least things are moving in the right direction; In the past 24 hours,...
Diesel Price Begins to Fall Below Unleaded
The price of diesel in the UK continues to fall, to the point that it's now cheaper than unleaded in several garages. This change is being reported by multiple media outlets including The Mirror. Furthermore, the phrase "price war" is coming up with increasing...
Finally: A Price Cut on Diesel!
It's always pleasing to be able to end the week on a positive note, and thankfully this week we can. This is Money has reported that both Tesco and Sainsbury's have reduced the price of diesel by two pence per litre as of today. It's also been separately reported that...
UK Fuel Duty Remains Frozen
During yesterday's UK budget, we reported on how the government are implementing a new approach to car tax that will (by 2017) see owners of all new vehicles pay some level of vehicle excise duty. Unfortunately this means that the days when choosing an...
Government announce big changes to UK car tax
The latest UK budget is currently underway and the first big news for motorists concerns car tax, or Vehicle Excise Duty, to give it the official name. Chancellor George Osborne has stated that the UK has added only 300 miles of road to its motorway network in the...
Diesel now costing UK retailers less than petrol
Diesel drivers get a really raw deal in the UK. After years of encouraging people to switch to diesels, the government has now had a change of heart and is taking the opposite stance. Diesel owners in London's Islington borough are being particularly penalised, by...
UK Driver Convicted for Driving in the Middle Motorway Lane
Anyone who frequently drives on the UK's busy motorways has (probably far more than once) been frustrated by drivers with a tendency to favour the middle lane. It seems to be the "lane of choice" for many motorists, although technically speaking it should only really...
2.5% of Drivers Over the Limit in Drink Driving Crackdown
A recent clampdown on drink driving in Scotland has resulted in 185 motorists being caught over the limit in just two weeks. This represents 1 in 40 (2.5%) of the people breathalysed, according to an article in The Scotsman. Scotland has tougher drink driving laws...
UK Petrol Seventh Most Expensive in the World
A recent survey, carried out by Santander and reported on by The International Business Times, has revealed that petrol in the UK is the seventh most expensive in the world. It's certainly a rather depressing statistic, but it may cheer you up (at least slightly) to...
No More UK Counterpart Driving Licences
As of this week, the UK counterpart driving licence has now been abolished. All new UK driving licences will now be photo card only, and supported by an online driving licence system known as MyLicence. Here are a few basic facts you need to know about the changes: 1....
Are Driving Test Results a Postcode Lottery?
If you're about to take your UK driving test, it's perhaps wise to prepare yourself with the knowledge that your chance of a pass is actually less than 50%. According to a BBC report, the current average pass rate is just 47.1% More of a surprise, however, is the fact...
New Rural Fuel Subsidy Begins Sunday
If you live in one of the more isolated regions of the UK, you could begin to pay less to fill up your vehicle from this Sunday, when a new rural fuel subsidy officially comes into effect. As we previously reported, the subsidy was ratified by the European Union back...
Calls for Tougher UK Drink Driving Laws
The UK's police federation are calling for a toughening up of Britain's drink-driving laws, according to a number of reports this week, including this one from the BBC. The main change the federation wants to see is a reduction in the legal blood alcohol limit. This...
UK Begins to Arrest Motorists Under New Drug Driving Laws
Those foolish enough to mix partying and driving now have more to fear than the breathalyser, with news that people have started to be arrested and charged under new drug driving laws, as reported by Metro. The new laws were introduced at the beginning of March, when...
How Could your Vote Affect your Motoring Life?
As we mentioned at the end of last week, there's surprisingly little focus on motoring in the main party manifestos for the upcoming UK election. Meanwhile, as widely reported, the AA are concerned that petrol prices continue to creep upwards when a recent oil price...
Motorists Provide 10% of UK’s Tax Revenue
If you drive a car in Britain, you're probably more than aware that you pay a fair bit of tax for the privilege. This includes the annual tax on the vehicle itself, fuel duty every time you fill up with petrol or diesel, and VAT on the cost of your car and the fuel...
Are UK diesel drivers being ripped off?
Just a couple of weeks ago, we talked about the fact that UK diesel drivers are being given a hard time at the moment, especially if they live in Islington, London, where they're now being charged an extra annual fee for parking their vehicles outside their homes. On...
UK BUDGET: Government Retains Fuel Duty Freeze
UK Chancellor George Osborne has just delivered his pre-election budget statement, and it included some reasonably good news for drivers, in the form of an announcement that the current freeze on fuel duty will remain, cancelling a planned increase in September. The...
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