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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Friday, March 2, 2012
THE HIGHEST FUEL DUTY IN THE EU. UK TOP OF THE LEAGUE TABLE
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I and FairFuelUK have been
saying this for ages; we pay tax on our earnings so that we can buy these vital
commodities then we pay VAT on the fuel duty. The Europe league table of fuel
duty levels is one which we should not be top of. Tomorrow we will be meeting
the Treasury to demonstrate that a cut in duty will help treasury revenues not
harm them
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EU MEMBER
STATE |
Price excluding
duty (pence per litre) |
Fuel Duty (pence per litre) |
Net Selling price
(pence per litre) |
Variation on UK
price(pence per litre) |
|
United
Kingdom |
61.34 |
57.95 |
119.29 |
0.00 |
|
Italy |
68.04 |
49.61 |
117.66 |
-1.64 |
|
Sweden |
66.51 |
44.29 |
110.80 |
-8.49 |
|
Ireland |
59.54 |
41.74 |
101.28 |
-18.01 |
|
Germany |
68.12 |
39.34 |
107.47 |
-11.83 |
|
Finland |
69.07 |
38.71 |
107.78 |
-11.51 |
|
Czech
Republic |
65.89 |
36.77 |
102.66 |
-16.63 |
|
France |
62.71 |
36.76 |
99.47 |
-19.83 |
|
Netherlands |
64.97 |
36.53 |
101.49 |
-17.80 |
|
Austria |
62.60 |
36.51 |
99.11 |
-20.18 |
|
Belgium |
68.17 |
35.77 |
103.94 |
-15.35 |
|
Greece |
69.84 |
35.69 |
105.54 |
-13.76 |
|
Slovakia |
66.34 |
33.96 |
100.30 |
-19.00 |
|
Denmark |
68.89 |
33.36 |
102.25 |
-17.04 |
|
Hungary |
67.12 |
33.05 |
100.16 |
-19.13 |
|
Estonia |
64.72 |
32.86 |
97.58 |
-21.71 |
|
Malta |
63.71 |
31.98 |
95.69 |
-23.60 |
|
Portugal |
68.50 |
30.64 |
99.14 |
-20.15 |
|
Slovenia |
60.29 |
30.46 |
90.75 |
-28.54 |
|
Spain |
67.71 |
29.28 |
96.99 |
-22.31 |
|
Latvia |
65.61 |
29.25 |
94.85 |
-24.44 |
|
Poland |
64.28 |
29.02 |
93.29 |
-26.00 |
|
Cyprus |
67.92 |
28.50 |
96.42 |
-22.88 |
|
Luxembourg |
64.83 |
27.60 |
92.43 |
-26.86 |
|
Bulgaria |
60.73 |
26.94 |
87.67 |
-31.62 |
|
Romania |
62.96 |
26.11 |
89.08 |
-30.22 |
|
Lithuania |
67.07 |
25.27 |
92.33 |
-26.96 |
|
EU
average (excluding UK) |
65.62 |
33.85 |
99.47 |
-19.83 |
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