by Hypermiler UK | 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 Hypermiler UK | 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 Hypermiler UK | Feb 28, 2011 | Fuel Protests
The second round of the Stanlow Fuel protests was deemed a huge success by the organiser Ian Charlesworth. With over 120 people and 80 cars, they managed to disrupt tanker movements from the refinery and blockaded the road for four hours.Speaking to the Ellesmere...
by Hypermiler UK | 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 Hypermiler UK | Feb 8, 2011 | Fuel Prices
Pleas from industry to cut petrol duty would cost the government £6bn and lead to a “fiscal black hole” in public finances that would have to be filled by raising other taxes, or by more painful public spending cuts, a green thinktank (Green Alliance)...
