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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Car insurance claims on the up
Car insurance claims are on the up in the UK, and this is having a knock-on effect on insurance company share prices, according to a recent report...
Britain’s Fuel Second Cheapest in Europe…Until Tax is Added!
Prepare to feel annoyed! The Daily Mail has revealed that the cost of petrol in the UK is almost the lowest in the whole of Europe (second only to...
Fuel duty relief coming to more rural areas
There's some good news today for UK drivers located in certain rural areas. The European Union has confirmed a fuel duty relief scheme that could...
Oil Companies Slammed for Rapid Rise in Pump Prices
Against a backdrop of a small upward trend in petrol prices recently, the AA have stepped out and said that motorists are suffering from the effects...
Mobile Phone Payments: Coming Soon to a Petrol Station Near You!
If you have a Shell petrol station near you, the chances are you will have a whole new fuel payment option available to you later this year. Based...
FairFuel UK Attack “Scandalous” Pump Price Rises
Last week, we talked about how UK petrol prices had begun to creep upwards again the wake of a rise in the wholesale oil price. Subsequent news...
Governments change their minds about diesel
For many years, diesel cars have been seen by many as more economical and more environmentally friendly than their petrol equivalents. Much of the...
Petrol Price Reductions “Equal to a Tax Cut”
Petrol prices have now been falling steadily for months, and you've probably noticed the positive financial impact already - whether than means a...
99p Petrol Begins to Spread
Last week, we talked about a garage in Walsall that had been widely reported as the first in the country to drop the price of unleaded fuel below...
UK Petrol Drops Below the Magical “One Pound per Litre”
For some time now, we've been debating whether petrol would drop below the one pound per litre mark. For some time, The RAC have seem convinced it...
£1 Per Litre Petrol Edges Ever Closer
Several times over recent months, we've speculated on whether petrol prices will drop as low as the "magic" one pound per litre. Experts have been...
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