by Karl Dyson | Jan 6, 2011 | Fuel Prices
David Cameron today breathed new life into longstanding Conservative plans to rein back escalating fuel prices by saying he was working with the Treasury on a “fair fuel stabiliser” aimed at keeping fuel duty down when oil prices rise. He said the joint...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 6, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Britain faces the prospect of a fresh wave of fuel protests after campaigners and MPs condemned new tax rises that will see the price of petrol increase by more than 3p a litre this week. A campaign group of farmers and hauliers which was behind the fuel blockades a...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 3, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Bolivian President Evo Morales has rescinded a decree issued less than a week ago that raised fuel prices by more than 70 per cent and led to civil unrest. Bolivian President Evo Morales, right, accompanied by Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, gestures as he speaks...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 3, 2011 | Fuel Prices
An early day motion submitted by David Morris, the Conservative MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, and a number of Labour MPs, argues that “fuel price reductions will help the economy and give much needed respite to the hard-pressed haulage industry”. Mr...
by Karl Dyson | Jan 2, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Motorists already paying record prices for petrol at the pumps will face further hikes over the next few days. Tomorrow’s Government fuel duty rise will put 0.76p on the price of a litre of petrol and diesel. And next Tuesday, January 4, the increase in VAT to...
