Higher petrol prices not all bad news: less school run mums
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The Sun sez:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/33...
THREE in five families are slashing spending on clothes and food so they can afford petrol - as Brits fork out £12million more a day to fill up than we did a year ago.
A massive 56 per cent of parents say they are no longer buying luxuries and are being forced to reduce spending on everyday essentials.
One in seven mums has stopped driving the kids to school and one in 50 has even taken in a lodger to make ends meet, according to parenting website Gurgle.com.
Unleaded petrol now averages an all-time high of 127.91p per litre, with diesel at 132.31p - more than £6 a gallon.
Prices could rocket to over £1.40 a litre in April when a further fuel duty rise is planned.
... so there is some consolation to the petrol price situation. Given that many are driving totally unsuitable 4x4 tanks on short urban runs I'd expect that they are being particularly hard hit.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/33...
THREE in five families are slashing spending on clothes and food so they can afford petrol - as Brits fork out £12million more a day to fill up than we did a year ago.
A massive 56 per cent of parents say they are no longer buying luxuries and are being forced to reduce spending on everyday essentials.
One in seven mums has stopped driving the kids to school and one in 50 has even taken in a lodger to make ends meet, according to parenting website Gurgle.com.
Unleaded petrol now averages an all-time high of 127.91p per litre, with diesel at 132.31p - more than £6 a gallon.
Prices could rocket to over £1.40 a litre in April when a further fuel duty rise is planned.
... so there is some consolation to the petrol price situation. Given that many are driving totally unsuitable 4x4 tanks on short urban runs I'd expect that they are being particularly hard hit.
Edited by Lucas Ayde on Tuesday 25th January 15:00
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