Fuel duty freeze
Freeze on fuel duty. RAC welcomes victory for motorists. Motorists can breathe a sigh of relief today, with the news that the 3p increase in fuel duty planned for August has been postponed
RAC have been working with our partners at FairFuelUK for months to persuade government ministers to address ever increasing fuel costs. And today, in a victory for UK motorists, the Government has announced it is freezing fuel duty for the remainder of the year.
Quentin Willson, national spokesman for FairFuelUK said "For months FairFuelUK has pushed, argued, pleaded and proved to the government that scrapping the August duty rise would be essential to the economic future of this country. Thankfully the Government has listened and have acted for the good of struggling consumers across the UK"
David Bizley at RAC commented, "We welcome the news that the Government has deferred the duty increase...finally they have seen sense and listened to the voice of UK drivers who are struggling to meet the cost of motoring and face taxation at every step of the journey."
RAC welcomes this as a step in the right direction, but we would again urge the Government to carry out a thorough review of road taxing in the future to ensure it is fairer for all motorists.
Comments
We were paying $4.29/gallon and over the last few weeks it has dropped to $3.55/gallon. I think it is still pretty inexpensive compared to what some countries are paying.
Until recently it was about $7.
Brady
Behind Bars - Motorcycles and Life
I think that is less expensive that they are paying in New Zealand. If I remember right Geoff and Roger have mentioned paying almost $8 a gallon at times.
With the price like this and outside the cities public transport is not that good, many people are turning to smaller motorcycles and less gas guzzling cars.