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Quentin Willson is one of Britain’s best-known motoring authorities. He spent over a decade presenting BBC's Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and was largely responsible for bringing the once scandalously high prices of new cars in the UK down to the same level as the rest of Europe. He is the lead spokesmen for FairFuelUK and works closely with the team behind the fight for lower fuel prices called Peter Carroll Associates

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Friday, June 15, 2012

UK REMAINS THE CHAMPIONS OF THE GOVT FUEL DUTY LEAGUE IN EUROPE

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Whilst the price of oil is falling significantly at the moment due to lower demand in China and Europe, a stronger pound, wholesale dealings and speculations, the Govt will still slip a further 3p per litre onto the price of fuel in August. So do not be fooled. Their income is still 57.95 p for every litre and is never affected by the Oil market changes. This will increase to 61p in August. And don't forget they add 20% in VAT to the whole price too. The lower price of OIL is temporary and may even get lower due to market demand, but later in the year it is also predicted that petrol and diesel prices will increase again. So the 3p increase must be halted. Please ask your MP to scrap this rise now before they vote on the Budget in just a few days. Click on this link to email your MP

PETROL PRICES IN EUROS PER 1000 LITRES					DIESEL PRICES IN EUROS PER 1000 LITRES
Country	PRE-TAX	TAXED	TAX	% TAX	Country	PRE-TAX	TAXED	TAX	% TAX
UK	661.63	1,654.92	993.29	60.00%	UK	722.64	1,728.14	1,005.50	58.20%
Netherlands	711.52	1,723.00	1,011.48	58.70%	Italy	762.45	1,664.54	902.09	54.20%
Greece	716.32	1,722.00	1,005.68	58.40%	Sweden	749.86	1,595.33	845.46	53.00%
Sweden	688.85	1,657.83	968.98	58.40%	Ireland	794.69	1,591.24	796.55	50.10%
Italy	737.10	1,768.17	1,031.07	58.30%	Germany	714.47	1,410.00	695.53	49.30%
Germany	687.52	1,597.00	909.48	56.90%	Finland	764.84	1,510.00	745.16	49.30%
Finland	717.76	1,650.00	932.24	56.50%	France	688.43	1,349.00	660.57	49.00%
France	677.97	1,543.40	865.43	56.10%	Austria	702.27	1,367.00	664.73	48.60%
Denmark	734.84	1,646.73	911.89	55.40%	Denmark	731.21	1,412.64	681.43	48.20%
Belgium	721.55	1,615.50	893.95	55.30%	Belgium	724.05	1,393.60	669.55	48.00%
Ireland	757.71	1,679.48	921.77	54.90%	Hungary	769.19	1,464.21	695.02	47.50%
Portugal	736.72	1,625.00	888.28	54.70%	Netherlands	733.05	1,392.00	658.95	47.30%
Slovakia	713.16	1,540.00	826.84	53.70%	Czech Republic	744.77	1,411.14	666.38	47.20%
Austria	661.76	1,425.00	763.24	53.60%	Estonia	690.41	1,300.00	609.59	46.90%
Slovenia	688.19	1,427.00	738.81	51.80%	Greece	812.57	1,523.00	710.43	46.60%
Czech Republic	692.07	1,437.21	745.15	51.80%	Slovakia	769.78	1,411.00	641.22	45.40%
Hungary	729.23	1,455.29	726.06	49.90%	Slovenia	717.86	1,309.00	591.14	45.20%
Latvia	699.15	1,381.64	682.48	49.40%	Latvia	723.40	1,309.90	586.50	44.80%
Lithuania	705.59	1,379.42	673.83	48.80%	Portugal	784.02	1,415.00	630.98	44.60%
Spain	706.74	1,373.14	666.40	48.50%	Poland	738.06	1,321.86	583.81	44.20%
Estonia	692.23	1,338.00	645.77	48.30%	Bulgaria	685.14	1,208.71	523.57	43.30%
Poland	710.29	1,350.21	639.92	47.40%	Spain	739.12	1,298.74	559.62	43.10%
Bulgaria	645.77	1,210.55	564.78	46.70%	Romania	743.88	1,300.09	556.21	42.80%
Romania	677.03	1,269.25	592.22	46.70%	Malta	804.04	1,400.00	595.96	42.60%
Luxembourg	732.73	1,374.04	641.31	46.70%	Lithuania	765.76	1,292.08	526.32	40.70%
Malta	801.81	1,500.00	698.19	46.50%	Luxembourg	711.11	1,197.28	486.17	40.60%
Cyprus	749.33	1,309.26	559.93	42.80%	Cyprus	800.20	1,334.85	534.65	40.10%

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[ posted by Jim King, June 15, 2012 13:12 ]

I don't think anyone is fooled by this.

in fact low oil prices make the government look even worse because its a higher percentage of tax on the retail price.

diesel this morning cost me 138p per litre, I spent £40. so thats 28.99 litres, the fuel cost me £16.54 (or 41.35%) and the government took £23.46 (or 58.65%)

The receipt should be broken down as follows (so everyone is reminded at every fuel transaction

fuel £16.54
Fuel VAT £ 3.30
Fuel Duty £16.80
Fuel Duty VAT £ 3.36

TOTAL £40.00

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