We’ve had an amazing response to our campaign to protect motorists from more fuel-tax rises.
In conjunction with The Sun newspaper, we’ve been calling on the government to honour its pre-election pledge to give drivers a break by freezing fuel duty.
Rising oil prices have had a huge impact on Britain’s motorists in recent months. The nation’s car owners are now paying £12 million a day more than a year ago to fill their tanks, and these extra costs come on the back of massive hikes in car insurance premiums in 2010.
You can help put pressure on ministers to block fuel-tax hikes by signing our petition here. We’re also calling on the coalition to introduce a fuel-duty stabiliser, which would cut the amount of tax levied when petrol prices rise.
Since we launched our campaign earlier this year, we’ve had hundreds of messages of support from readers who are fed up with the constantly rising cost of fuel. Here are just a few:
ByronicTalk says: “It is callous and cruel for a government to constantly add to a tax on a product which has been constantly rising in price itself and at a time of financial hardship to boot!”
And Fuelforthought adds: “What really annoys me is that so little of the revenue raised by taxing fuel is actually spent on the roads. Countries such as Japan spend more on the roads than they actually receive in motor taxes.”
And the effect on rising fuel prices on the cost of other products shouldn’t be forgotten, as Gwyneth points out: “It is not only as a motorist we get hit by fuel hikes. All goods we buy are transported and delivered by road so this increases the price of everything.”
We received more than 300 comments on the petrol price campaign, so if you want to take a read follow this link.
Top Tip: Find out how much you’re paying for petrol or diesel using our fuel cost calculator. Just type in your make and model of car, the amount you pay for fuel, and your typical mileage.
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