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Bolivian President Evo Morales has rescinded a decree issued less than a week ago that raised fuel prices by more than 70 per cent and led to civil unrest.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...
by Karl Dyson | Dec 31, 2010 | Fuel Protests
There have been protests across Bolivia after the price of fuel rocketed in the South American country. Last weekend, the Government announced it could no longer afford to subsidise fuel prices, which had been frozen for six years. The announcement led to a 73% hike...
