Proposed rise in Fuel Duty

[Bazile]

Commentators are stating that the proposed increase of 3p/litre will have a significant effect on households spending

How would it affect you - do you use the sort of quantities per week that would calculate into a significant sum , which would noticeably impact / affect your budget ?

[DTCwordfan]

yes it does

More importantly, it bombs the distribution network in an economy that has the highest diesel prices in Europe. This then works through to inflation.

Also, the Govt ought to look at lowering PRT and encouraging more oil and gas exploration for domestic production.

[ummmm]

No, no where near. We got the money off voucher from Morrisons last week. Put £30 in the car and saved just over £3. I wouldn't notice losing £3. That £30 will last me about 6 weeks.

[rojash]

What you also need to take into account is not just the direct spending on fuel, but the knock-on effect it has on practically all prices. Cost of deliveries to supermarkets, cost of mail and courier deliveries, cost of fuels for tradesmen who come to your house (plumbers etc.)

[Bazile]

I appreciate that if you are a large user it certainly will affect you .

I'm more interested in the 'ordinary ' domestic driver out there

[DTCwordfan]

yes because I am 5 miles to the nearest town

[WELSHYORKIE]

Baz - householdwise it would mean an increase of something in the order of £20 per week for myself and my son. But as I deal with road fuel for our fleet of vehicles using upwards of 10000 litres a week this will cost us an extra £300 per week or £15600 per annum.

[factor-fiction]

Sainsbury's have just reduced prices by 3p to 131.9 a litre for unleaded so if the trend is for reductions then maybe the increase can be absorbed.

mrsfactor drives quite a lot for work and I reckon it'll cost us around 50p a week.

The government can't keep putting it off for ever so either they should scrap the whole idea permanently (and risk upsetting the greens) or they should just do it.

I'd rather see taxes go up on petrol than see those fiddly proposed charges on motorway driving

[factor-fiction]

Meant to type 50p a day!

[McMouse]

My car uses diesel which is £1.45 litre at neared garage. On a point of principle I use the car less frequently as I object to the cost of fuel. Local trips to the village I either walk or use my bicycle. Longer journeys are planned around bus routes and I use my bus pass. Heavy grocery loads are delivered f.o.c. by whichever of local supermarkets has best offers.

[youngmafbog]

It's also being stated that families are already dipping into their savings or going without essentials. So more will be a real tipping point for some especially since they will also be squeezed ad food etc goes up due to higher delivery costs.

We need to bring our fuel price down and make ourselves competitive. The greens need to be told to get back in their hole, at least until the country is back on it's feet.

[anotheoldgit]

DTcrosswordfan

/// yes because I am 5 miles to the nearest town ///

Ever considered getting a cave a little nearer to civilisation? :0)

[Zacs-Master]

Mrs ZM does an 80 mile round trip to work and back, We're just awaiting delivery of a car which does 70mpg rather than 55mpg.

[rojash]

"I appreciate that if you are a large user it certainly will affect you ."

I think you're missing the point. Even if you don't drive at all it will affect you because the prices of pretty much all goods and services will increase in line with the increase in fuel costs to the suppliers.

[Bazile]

Rojash
No , i'm not missing any point - It's obvious that the fuel price will increase the costs of goods and services .

I asked a specific question , relating specifically to the costs of the increase to the 'ordinary ' family using their vehicle .

[jake-the-peg]

By relating the question so specifically it does rather sound as if you were fishing for the particular answer you wanted to hear.

[Bazile]

I wasn't ' fishing' for anything .

My question was simply to see how a 3p rise would affect the the 'ordinary' family that these experts were talking about

[cazzz1975]

3 pence may not seem much but its another increase which when you add it to the recent increases in Energy and the cost of living in general makes it more significant.

The price of fuel puts me off day trips or anything that is over a set amount of miles. With the rises in other living costs I am unwilling to spend money on anything unnecessary.

[tonyav]

10 miles to work and then 10 miles back home, so yes it will affect me.

[friedgreentomato]

Both my husband and I travel 35 per day each, we already pay a premium on petrol because we live in Northern Ireland so yes it will affect us

[jno]

I drive more than 2000 miles a year so.... not much.