by Karl Dyson | Mar 1, 2011 | Fuel Prices
MORE than 150,000 sun readers have now called for action and backed The Sun’s Keep It Down petrol price campaign.The Sun are petitioning Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the April 1 fuel duty hike or honour a pre-Election pledge to bring in a fair fuel...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 28, 2011 | Fuel Prices
As the crisis in the middle east continues to send fuel prices spiralling, Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said George Osborne should “get out his bunker” and halt the tax rise ahead of next month’s Budget. World oil prices are already rocketing around the globe as...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 25, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Motoring organisations warned last night that fuel prices could soon top £8 a gallon as the crisis the the middle east continued .Adrian Tink, RAC motoring strategist, said: “It is clear that we are getting to the stage where drivers are going to be priced out of...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 22, 2011 | Fuel Prices
A new poll undertaken by MoneySupermarket found 50 per cent of drivers are considering switching their car to a more fuel-efficient model as fuel prices continue to rise.A recent poll consideration to changing their car based on the fuel efficiency of their...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 22, 2011 | Fuel Prices
With fuel prices rising daily, what are we do but laugh?This sentiment was taken quite literally by pranksters who targeted a 24-hour Tesco garage in Fleetsbridge, Poole, Dorset, on Sunday morning.The unleaded petrol price was changed to 25.9 pence (we wish!) per...
by Karl Dyson | Feb 15, 2011 | Fuel Prices
The breakdown service Green Flag has reported a 40% increase in the number of call-outs due to lack of fuel in the second half of January, compared with the same period in December 2010.They also report that more than a third of these incidents occurred in the last...