1p a litre, big whoopie.

[HellDiver]

Thanks Mr Chancellor. 1 p a litre off petrol from 6pm today. Only 132.9p a litre for unleaded now. That sub-1% cut really helps.

[Stu R]

Beats getting the 5p that was due to go on. Did you expect them to halve petrol prices for you?

[jmorgan]

Whooowhooooo...... so that will be, oh hang on, still getting mugged at the pumps.

[ZOLLAR]

HellDiver said:

Thanks Mr Chancellor. 1 p a litre off petrol from 6pm today. Only 132.9p a litre for unleaded now. That sub-1% cut really helps.

True, Better than nothing I suppose.
What will probably happen is it'll go down 1p today then over the next week or so go up 2p due to "speculation" in the oil industry etc etc.

[sat1983]

yeah that's 6p off in total. Good enough.

[pilchardthecat]

Have they cancelled the April escalator increase (5p+vat)?

[Slomo_uk]

Better than the increase

[Stu R]

pilchardthecat said:

Have they cancelled the April escalator increase (5p+vat)?

Yep

[HellDiver]

Stu R said:

Did you expect them to halve petrol prices for you?

If they'd brought it down towards £1 a litre (which they could do if they wanted to considering the tax on fuel), I'd have been happy.

It's costing my workmate over £250 a month to get to work - he drives a diesel Vectra.

[pilchardthecat]

Stu R said:

pilchardthecat said:

Have they cancelled the April escalator increase (5p+vat)?

Yep

Well that's a lot better than i thought it would be.

Still getting shafted on NI increases and income tax though, ho hum

[RemainAllHoof]

Shoulda hacked off 20% of the fuel tax. With the continuing increase in oil prices, we'll see £1.30 again soon enough; as I said elsewhere, if any government has factored in the price rise in their budget, whoever did that would be making a fortune if they just traded oil as they clearly are some kind of financial genius. If not, then anything above the current price at the time of calculating the budget is a bonus.

[Motorrad]

HellDiver said:

If they'd brought it down towards £1 a litre (which they could do if they wanted to considering the tax on fuel), I'd have been happy.

It's costing my workmate over £250 a month to get to work - he drives a diesel Vectra.

I'd be happy if instead of my dog firing crap out of it's arse it shat gold. Sadly that's an unrealistic proposition.

As for your workmate he's discovering his work/home distance lifestyle model isn't working out.

[kambites]

They can't win can they? If they put 1p a litre on fuel duty, everyone cries it's the end of the world. If they take it off, everyone complains it's insignificant.

[Jasandjules]

sat1983 said:

yeah that's 6p off in total. Good enough.

Well, 26p off would have been better, but the bottom line is that the Labour scum would have added on the 5p and claimed they were saving the planet - look how warm it is today

[Shaw Tarse]

HellDiver said:

If they'd brought it down towards £1 a litre (which they could do if they wanted to considering the tax on fuel), I'd have been happy.

It's costing my workmate over £250 a month to get to work - he drives a diesel Vectra.

So where should MrOzzy recoup that money?
Don't get me wrong, as a non smoker I'd love a big cut in fuel prices

[buzzsaw]

How is this "Fair fuel stabiliser" going to work then?

[Liokault]

HellDiver said:

It's costing my workmate over £250 a month to get to work - he drives a diesel Vectra.

But he’s not just writing a budget for you mate is he. Sounds like your mate needs to re-align things personally.

[HellDiver]

Liokault said:

But he’s not just writing a budget for you mate is he. Sounds like your mate needs to re-align things personally.

What, he's supposed to uproot his family from the town whenre they go to school, have their friend, move to what is effectively a sthole, just because fuel has gone up? Pull the other one.

[Dan S]

HellDiver said:

If they'd brought it down towards £1 a litre (which they could do if they wanted to considering the tax on fuel), I'd have been happy.

It's costing my workmate over £250 a month to get to work - he drives a diesel Vectra.

Your workmate living too far from work is not the governments problem. He needs a new job or house.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Much better than the 1p + Inflation increase that had been planned.

In fairness they can't exactly ignore the potential money pit that fuel tax is because of the massive debt Labour left us with.

Still, I'd donate my left arm to see it back below £1.00/Litre!