Air Ambulance fuel duty petition

Air Ambulance fuel duty petition

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na

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234 months

Wednesday 25th April 2012
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mybrainhurts said:
na said:
bump - another national news story involving an air ambulance yesterday
What's that, then..?
the one I saw on the national news

na

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7,898 posts

234 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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as I'm back

bump

and a reminder:-

that even though there are more than 100,000 signitures it only means the petition will be 'considered for debate in the House of Commons'

Edited by na on Saturday 5th May 17:17

na

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7,898 posts

234 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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time for another bump

na

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Thursday 14th June 2012
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Air Ambulance very much in the news locally and nationally today with the serious M1 crash around junctions 16 and 15a

ETA from original post:

Here’s something that could be helped by just a few clicks of a mouse button -

The RNLI lifeboats have been exempt from VAT on the fuel they use since 1977 and a government petition has been set up to do the same for Air Ambulances

‘The Air Ambulance Service have saved successive governments millions and millions of pounds funded by charitable donations given by the general public to run what has proven to be an essential service.’

even though the e-petition now has over 100,000 signatures it will still only be eligible for debate in the House of Commons but not certain that it will be debated so many, many more signatures are needed for them to really take notice

a quick look at the fact page should remind you of the service’s value - http://www.airambulanceassociation.co.uk/amazing_f...

Edited by nta16 on Wednesday 19th March 13:16

nta16

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Wednesday 19th March 2014
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well, 2 years later and good news woohoo

thank you to the signees and others that have helped with this

Edited by nta16 on Wednesday 19th March 13:18

onyx39

11,120 posts

150 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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nta16 said:
well, 2 years later and good news woohoo

thank you to the signees and others that have helped with this

Edited by nta16 on Wednesday 19th March 13:18
Fantastic news!

skip_1

3,460 posts

190 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Wow, glad this finally happened smile

Pixelpeep

8,600 posts

142 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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People power? smile

JRewing

17,540 posts

179 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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A great cause!

My brother was rescued by an air ambulance after an accident. I'm glad to see that this went through.

conanius

742 posts

198 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Great news... But is it worth asking why these are solely funded by charities ?

Why are they any different to an ambulance ? Are police helicopters state funded or charitable ?

nta16

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Wednesday 19th March 2014
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because lots of people -
. avoid paying taxes
. want to pay the bare minimum taxes
. want taxes reduced or abolished
. feel that others should pay taxes or more in taxes but not them
. feel they already pay far too many and too much in taxes
. feel you should have paid for insurance for these sorts of things
. feel taxes should be at a minimum and rely on people to support such causes from some of the extra money they have from not being taxed so heavily

ETA: I don't know about Police helicopters

onyx39

11,120 posts

150 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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conanius said:
Great news... But is it worth asking why these are solely funded by charities ?

Why are they any different to an ambulance ? Are police helicopters state funded or charitable ?
Pretty sure police helicopters come from force budgets.