Petrol price rises

[bigbladerob]

nice to see that 1p drop in the budget made no difference whatsoever!

 

just throwin this out there but why dont the Govt make a massive statement, drop the prices by say 20p a litre and encourage people to get out more, spend more £ and get the economy going somewhere.

 

We are avoiding going to the coast, going to the countryside etc because of inflated petrol costs. If it was lower, we'd head out more and in turn spend more £!

 

Thoughts on this?

[Korl101]

Would someone with a "suped up Golf" be calling for fuel to be £2 a ltr? surely not.

 

Just read the thread and you would realise that the person in question is intellectually challenged! Also his main reason was that there would be fewer cars on the road and that would save him time.

[Korl101]

nice to see that 1p drop in the budget made no difference whatsoever!

 

just throwin this out there but why dont the Govt make a massive statement, drop the prices by say 20p a litre and encourage people to get out more, spend more £ and get the economy going somewhere.

 

We are avoiding going to the coast, going to the countryside etc because of inflated petrol costs. If it was lower, we'd head out more and in turn spend more £!

 

Thoughts on this?

 

The 1p drop was totally insignificant. I noticed my local garages put up the cost of petrol before the budget, only to reduce it after 6pm !!

 

I think that getting the economy going is a difficult problem to overcome in the present climate. The government seem to give with one hand but take back with the other. The basic cost of living is rising and more people are becoming unemployed. You need money to be able to spend it.

 

I see the motorist was also hit with road duty increases.

[craigmason]

Not only do's this affect the motorist's it also affects everybody else aswell as the transport firms pass this on to the shops who in turn pass it on to the shoppers so everybody has to pay extra for the goods in the shops

yet if you look online

 

EU fuel prices drop while UK's soar

Petrol prices have dropped across Europe while they continue to rise in the UK.

 

Thanks to a recent decline in wholesale prices, drivers across the continent are enjoying on average 4.4% lower fuel bills while here in the UK they've risen by 1.18%. In some European countries prices dropped by over 6.5%.

 

Yesterday prices on UK forecourts hit a record average of 128.86p for petrol and 134.13p for diesel. This means that in 12 months motorists in the UK have seen an increase of £8.36 for petrol and £10.09 for diesel when filling up a 50-litre fuel tank.

 

However, it does depend where in the country you decide to fill up. Some places are 4p per litre more expensive than others, which equates to a difference of £2 per 50-litre fuel tank.

Further fuel price misery is expected on April 1 as another 1p rise in fuel duty is coupled with the impact of inflation.

 

The AA's President, Edmund King, said: "European fuel retailers are under similar strains yet they passed on much of the wholesale petrol price reduction [to the motorist]. They also reduced diesel prices for a while."

 

Brian Madderson, chairman of RMI Petrol, which represents petrol retailers and forecourt operators, doesn't believe UK fuel retailers are to blame: "Once again RMI Petrol questions the relevance and accuracy of the AA's comparison between euro currency zone costs and pricing with the sterling influenced UK market. Thus there can be no case for reckless accusations, yet again, of price rip-off by the independent sector."

[LadOnDole]

Join the protest? are you having a laugh?

 

Is that the "moaning" protest? the brits are an expert at that.

 

Still, you can always vote Labour back in at the next election, because they will be on the side of the working brit. When they were in office, petrol never went up, apart from on budget day and it only went up by 1p a gallon maximum

[BrightonYork]

137.9p for unleaded and 143 for diesel in my part of the country

[mike84]

Well, paid £129.9 this morning for petrol. I think that is 4p per litre cheaper than a few weeks ago. Be nice if it carried on dropping but not expecting it to go down in price any more really. No doubt it'll be up near £1.50 by the summer.

[joiner andy]

Join the protest? are you having a laugh?

 

Is that the "moaning" protest? the brits are an expert at that.

 

Still, you can always vote Labour back in at the next election, because they will be on the side of the working brit. When they were in office, petrol never went up, apart from on budget day and it only went up by 1p a gallon maximum

 

dont vote as they all poo in the same pot, just want to be treated fairly!!!! enough people want a reduction and the gov works for us dont they? WHERES THE REDUCTION???????????

[Rupert_Baehr]

Not only do's this affect the motorist's it also affects everybody else aswell as the transport firms pass this on to the shops who in turn pass it on to the shoppers so everybody has to pay extra for the goods in the shops

yet if you look online

 

 

EU fuel prices drop while UK's soar

Petrol prices have dropped across Europe while they continue to rise in the UK.

 

Thanks to a recent decline in wholesale prices, drivers across the continent are enjoying on average 4.4% lower fuel bills while here in the UK they've risen by 1.18%. In some European countries prices dropped by over 6.5%.

 

Yesterday prices on UK forecourts hit a record average of 128.86p for petrol and 134.13p for diesel. This means that in 12 months motorists in the UK have seen an increase of £8.36 for petrol and £10.09 for diesel when filling up a 50-litre fuel tank.

 

However, it does depend where in the country you decide to fill up. Some places are 4p per litre more expensive than others, which equates to a difference of £2 per 50-litre fuel tank.

Further fuel price misery is expected on April 1 as another 1p rise in fuel duty is coupled with the impact of inflation.

 

The AA's President, Edmund King, said: "European fuel retailers are under similar strains yet they passed on much of the wholesale petrol price reduction [to the motorist]. They also reduced diesel prices for a while."

 

Brian Madderson, chairman of RMI Petrol, which represents petrol retailers and forecourt operators, doesn't believe UK fuel retailers are to blame: "Once again RMI Petrol questions the relevance and accuracy of the AA's comparison between euro currency zone costs and pricing with the sterling influenced UK market. Thus there can be no case for reckless accusations, yet again, of price rip-off by the independent sector."

 

Where did you find it online and when was the article dated?

 

Here's a summary of petrol prices around here:

 

Jan 2011 - €1.28 per litre.

In February the price 'dropped' to €1.35, then €1.38.

In March, it dropped even further - to €1.43, then €1.48, then €1.53.

This weekend, it dropped yet again and it's now €1.63.

 

€1.63 = £1.44

[joiner andy]

Where did you find it online and when was the article dated?

 

Here's a summary of petrol prices around here:

 

Jan 2011 - €1.28 per litre.

In February the price 'dropped' to €1.35, then €1.38.

In March, it dropped even further - to €1.43, then €1.48, then €1.53.

This weekend, it dropped yet again and it's now €1.63.

 

€1.63 = £1.44

 

er so are we marching then?