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"What’s the fuel prices like where you live????" Diesel’s up from £1.389 to £1.459 now. Up another 1p since I did my shopping first thing this morning. | |||
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"What’s the fuel prices like where you live???? Diesel’s up from £1.389 to £1.459 now. Up another 1p since I did my shopping first thing this morning." They are rocking up mate £1.529 for diesel up here at one local petrol station | |||
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"But surely the fuel in the tanks at the petrol stations was bought at pre-conflict prices. Why the need to charge more for something already paid for? Pure greed!" That’s exactly what it is It shouldn’t be allowed but like everything it comes down to profits I suppose we will have to get use to it as it’s likely to get even worse | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds " I think this was a joke….. | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds I think this was a joke….." Do you have evidence of this? | |||
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"What’s the fuel prices like where you live???? Diesel’s up from £1.389 to £1.459 now. Up another 1p since I did my shopping first thing this morning." I filled mine up with diesel this morning, £1.37.7, North London. | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds " You’ve never seen only fools and horses then?!! | |||
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"No idea. I’m charging my EVs with a mixture of solar and cheap overnight rate electricity. Less than a fiver to drive 250 miles." So why comment on a fuel price thread? | |||
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"What’s the fuel prices like where you live???? Diesel’s up from £1.389 to £1.459 now. Up another 1p since I did my shopping first thing this morning. I filled mine up with diesel this morning, £1.37.7, North London." That’s cheap mate considering the prices up here now mad is that man | |||
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"There's a phone app 'Petrol Prices' that updates daily. Enter your postcode or use 'current location' to find the cheapest local prices, it can vary quite widely." Never knew that | |||
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"Stirling motor way services today £1.81 per ltr" Motorway services always pump up the prices but that is pure greed | |||
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"There's a phone app 'Petrol Prices' that updates daily. Enter your postcode or use 'current location' to find the cheapest local prices, it can vary quite widely. Never knew that " I wouldn't travel far out of my way to save a penny a litre but if you live in area with a lot of choice, or travelling somewhere a little further afield, it's worth checking. | |||
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"I walk cycle and jog everything i need is within a mile. Except for the usual weekend away I drive less than 30 miles a week so I don't think it matters. That said it's the ripple effect higher fuel prices means the cost of everything else goes up xx " Agree 👍 i have a diesel so thankfully it’s economical on fuel but even so the cost of filling it up has shot up will no doubt go even higher I’m also a delivery driver and I know much it it’s going to possibly effect the company which is a worry Worrying times ahead for us all | |||
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"There's a phone app 'Petrol Prices' that updates daily. Enter your postcode or use 'current location' to find the cheapest local prices, it can vary quite widely. Never knew that I wouldn't travel far out of my way to save a penny a litre but if you live in area with a lot of choice, or travelling somewhere a little further afield, it's worth checking." Definitely 👍 It’s worth it if people are trying to save money and not pay over the top prices | |||
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"Drove past a garage today 169.7 for diesel" Makes you wonder what it will be this time next week 🤔 | |||
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"5p more since war started no panic buying " Just a matter of time before we probably see queues on the forecourts | |||
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"I imagine that some retailers who have full storage tanks bought a few weeks back have already “run out” and will “reopen” when the prices hit £2per litre, trouser if a massive profit on the pre war stock" Then they need to restock at the higher price and lose any profit | |||
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"Haven't a clue, I charge my Tesla at work FOC "Shush, don’t let the tax man know or they will class that as a “benefit in kind” and tax you know it 🤬 | |||
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"Haven't a clue, I charge my Tesla at work FOC "Rachel he's charging is car again | |||
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"Haven't a clue, I charge my Tesla at work FOC Rachel he's charging is car again "Pmsl 🤣 she’ll be hunting him down now | |||
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"Fuel prices rise because Uk has virtual zero storage facilities same for gas. It all started when Tony Blair was PM. Also no decision made on nuclear power just put off. Thus we pay 4 times energy costs. We are totally uncompetitive in manufacturing because of this." Gas storage was closed down in 2017 under the Tories and Hinckley point nuclear power station is still being built also all gas and oil is sold at world prices making a big profit from the North Sea for the oil companies. | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds I think this was a joke….."  always one 🤔 | |||
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"What’s the fuel prices like where you live????" 129.9p - Unleaded 139.9p - Diesel. | |||
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"5p more since war started no panic buying Just a matter of time before we probably see queues on the forecourts " why would there be queues? | |||
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"There's a phone app 'Petrol Prices' that updates daily. Enter your postcode or use 'current location' to find the cheapest local prices, it can vary quite widely. Never knew that " I use it it's very good. It updates when a user posts a price change. Not daily. I'm debating whether to go to France or not. I can look at the fuel prices there too on the app. They are rising just as much as here. Fuel shortages are my main worry. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of France with an empty tank and a ferry to catch | |||
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"Nothing worse than a smug prick " Ah let the smug pricks have there moment! They been waiting years to chuck ev’s in ice’s face ! Don’t panic though When their £50k used Tesla needs new batteries and they can’t afford them we can laugh twice as hard Especially when they realise they can’t afford to have them replaced and then enquire about scrap value of the motor  | |||
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" I'm debating whether to go to France or not. I can look at the fuel prices there too on the app. They are rising just as much as here. Fuel shortages are my main worry. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of France with an empty tank and a ferry to catch " Come back on a dinghy and get £40k, pay for a car delivery service from France too. Predicament solved. | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre!" I'm sure we're heading that way here any time soon, it may have achieved it already. During covid it went down to 20pence a litre. Those were the days... The oil we're ordering has been in stock for days, it was brought in before this all started. Shameful. | |||
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"Suits Donald Trump, high oil prices. Start a war in the Gulf and coin in the money." Just like he developed and released wuhan flu so he could make money from the toilet paper panic. | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds " I think the poster meant that as a... 'Tongue in cheek' comment! I could use some of that...!
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"But surely the fuel in the tanks at the petrol stations was bought at pre-conflict prices. Why the need to charge more for something already paid for? Pure greed!" Definitely profiteering going on... always the same; prices go up straight away, but when the problem for the increase goes away... it takes months if ever for the prices to fall again! Our politicians as usual, missing at the wheel when it comes to protecting consumers! | |||
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"Fuel prices rise because Uk has virtual zero storage facilities same for gas. It all started when Tony Blair was PM. Also no decision made on nuclear power just put off. Thus we pay 4 times energy costs. We are totally uncompetitive in manufacturing because of this." Our self serving UK politicians (all parties) are totally useless! It seems that they go into politics because they are useless at any doing anything else! | |||
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"Garage local to me charged 135 per litre of diesel the other day and that’s with there price increase " Is that all??? | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre!" Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians! | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! I'm sure we're heading that way here any time soon, it may have achieved it already. During covid it went down to 20pence a litre. Those were the days... The oil we're ordering has been in stock for days, it was brought in before this all started. Shameful. " So why has our government not parachuted in and put a price freeze on this fuel bought at old prices...? More control needed over these rogue fuel suppliers! Whats the point of having politicians if they sit on their hands! 'Action this day!' Who said that...? | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians! "Yes I do and they used to put it up 2-3p per gallon every budget! Now they put up 4-5p per litre every budget that =15-20pence increase instead of a cpl of pence that is hardly noticeable You buy 1000 ltr that’s £150-200 difference! What’s worse is knowing the British government already tax fuel @ around 60% pre sales as it is | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians! "3.785 litre to the gallon metrication is good but leave my pint alone | |||
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"Being hyped up by the MSM as usual, it's what they do best ." Drove past several petrol stations today, all without queues and all circa 136.9 for petrol and 143.9 diesel. Except one which was 143.9 and 171.9 respectively | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians!
3.785 litre to the gallon metrication is good but leave my pint alone ". errr sorry my friend but its 4.546. litres to the gallon, no wonder you overpaying | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds I think the poster meant that as a... 'Tongue in cheek' comment! I could use some of that...!
"Whoosh! the new energy drink from the people that brought you Brawndo!
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians!
3.785 litre to the gallon metrication is good but leave my pint alone "4.54 litres in an imperial gallon | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians!
3.785 litre to the gallon metrication is good but leave my pint alone
4.54 litres in an imperial gallon"Thats right, 4.54 litres in an Imperial gallon and 3.785 litres in a US gallon. | |||
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"Oooh, it's advanced to arguing over how many litres in a gallon. " Careful now! Could end up resurrecting the Brexit arguments. "why are we still forced to use that filthy French measurement system" | |||
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"Oooh, it's advanced to arguing over how many litres in a gallon. " I appreciate that truth and facts aren't important to some of you but for the rest of us, it's kind of matters.. | |||
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"Petrol companies profiteering energy prices will be the same they are supposed to by months in advance but put it up immediately. " Don’t forget what the chancellor will be raking in with all the VAT on fuel , | |||
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"Oooh, it's advanced to arguing over how many litres in a gallon. Careful now! Could end up resurrecting the Brexit arguments. "why are we still forced to use that filthy French measurement system" " oh no, the B word!! | |||
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"Oooh, it's advanced to arguing over how many litres in a gallon. I appreciate that truth and facts aren't important to some of you but for the rest of us, it's kind of matters.." I have to ask, why? Why does it matter? | |||
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"Only got a whiff left in the tank so will find out tomorrow. My electric oven broke down a couple of weeks ago, my gas hob has just fallen to pieces, all I need now is a burst pipe and that will complete the set.🥴😄😄" Even worst Taylor's of Harrogate are putting up the price of tea bags by 2 shillings and sixpence a box .. | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians!
3.785 litre to the gallon metrication is good but leave my pint alone "UK gallons are 4.54609 litres US gallons are 3.78541 litres | |||
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"Oil now dropped to $88 a barrel after Trump calmed the markets by saying today the war will soon be over. I guess we’ll be seeing the reversal of the recent steep increases at the pumps? 🤔 " Yes in about 3 months. Greedy bastard fuel companies should be heavily fined for this! | |||
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"Only got a whiff left in the tank so will find out tomorrow. My electric oven broke down a couple of weeks ago, my gas hob has just fallen to pieces, all I need now is a burst pipe and that will complete the set.🥴😄😄Even worst Taylor's of Harrogate are putting up the price of tea bags by 2 shillings and sixpence a box .." You just found an old flyer thats been in the glove box for the last 51 years | |||
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"There's more to UK fuel prices than meets the eye. I've been researching a note on the effects of private-equity buyouts of filling stations (now 55-60%) and how they're loading the companies up with debt and then increasing forecourt profit to service it. The 5% fuel duty reduction of March 2022 didn't drop prices because the PE stations simultaneously increased their forecourt fee by 6%. From a Modern Monetary Theory point of view, this price gouging by very large private equity firms limits what a government can do to promote or limit our spending with taxes, but worse, it constrains the money we've all got to spend on better things - like childcare, tutors, home improvement or just eating healthy. (...don't get me started on misconceptions about tax and government spending either;-) )" Yes, so correct. | |||
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"Just chatting with a friend who has just ordered some heating oil @ £1 per litre! Remember when fuel was charged by the gallon... 4 x litres to a gallon! Decimation, another rip off fostered onto us by politicians!
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"I've never understood why diesel is more expensive than petrol, it was always a fraction of the price before diesel cars became so prevelant, it doesn't take as much refining, is less dangerous to transport, so why more expensive... I'm sure that the government wouldn't just hike the price of it because it's so popular. " Apparently diesel does now take more specialist refining these days to remove pollutants that were acceptable years ago. (remember busses and lorries belching out blue smoke?) Also has anti waxing fluids added. But that's separate from the fact, as has already been said, that the greedy bastards are in effect robbing the motorist by hiking prices fo fuel alread in the country! | |||
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"Nothing like a war to push up profits " Like that wasn't a major consideration? Whole thing is completely cynical. With Iran and Iraq bombed into stone age. The rest will clean up. | |||
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"Diesel is 1.38p in kirkdale liverpool, on a self service petrol station, put 40 quid in and it filled the tank "Steadily rising down here. Passed a garage with diesel at 169.9 yesterday which had crept up from the day before. Probably over 170 today | |||
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"Local Esso station. Tanker was in Sunday, pumps empty by Monday mid morning. Still the station also has Spar shop so I bought loads of toilet roll and pasta "Oh yes, need lots of toilet rolls And pasta, just lake the last "emergency". Have you got lots of note paper and pens for when the Internet goes down and we are only left with snail mail costing £2 to send each letter! | |||
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"So apparently in Milton Keynes yesterday stations ran dry and panic stepped in as social media went into full scale meltdown! I on the other hand drove straight to the nearest bp where there wasn’t even a cue at any pump and filled up normally with the expensive diesel as i always do that was maybe 3p dearer than normal (not even £2 different from normal (completely unnoticeable)) This morning I went to the exact same bp station and tanked up my work van with the exact same Absolutely no issues at all no queuing Now my point is !is just me who doesn’t see any problems and it is social media scare mongering ! Ffs people get a grip Few years ago we were all paying over £2 per litre Now your all bitchin about a few pence per litre "We used to pay 25p a gallon, do the math! | |||
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"It is what it is. No missiles or drones or bombs nearby so I’ll cope" There is... you just don't see them or know where they are stored! Wait till the men in gray suits press the button! | |||
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"So apparently in Milton Keynes yesterday stations ran dry and panic stepped in as social media went into full scale meltdown! I on the other hand drove straight to the nearest bp where there wasn’t even a cue at any pump and filled up normally with the expensive diesel as i always do that was maybe 3p dearer than normal (not even £2 different from normal (completely unnoticeable)) This morning I went to the exact same bp station and tanked up my work van with the exact same Absolutely no issues at all no queuing Now my point is !is just me who doesn’t see any problems and it is social media scare mongering ! Ffs people get a grip Few years ago we were all paying over £2 per litre Now your all bitchin about a few pence per litre
We used to pay 25p a gallon, do the math!"You’re comparing prices from at least 40+ years ago probably longer than that! We used to ride horses and live in mud huts too ! What’s your point?? It’s called inflation it happens every year | |||
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"Hope my company up the amount per mile I can claim back, it pretty much covers my personal miles as well at the moment." Well they are probably in line with HMRC approved mileage rates. If they pay over those them you will end up with a tax liability. | |||
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"Haven't a clue, I charge my Tesla at work FOC Rachel he's charging is car again
Pmsl 🤣 she’ll be hunting him down now "Did I say FOC, i meant I pay per mile | |||
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"I paid £1.29 a litre at Costco today " That's very fair | |||
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"I paid £1.29 a litre at Costco today That's very fair "How much is your Costco membership card? | |||
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"Doesn’t affect me I only ever put £20 in Of course it affects you. You are now getting less for your 20 pounds I think this was a joke….. Do you have evidence of this?" . Paid £1000s more initially and pays £100sbmore in tyres services and repairs. Depreciation is scary | |||
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"Anyone thinking of going electric now " Don't forget the price we pay for electricity is pegged to the cost of generation from gas (which has also shot up in price). So ultimately the cost of electricity will rise too. | |||
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"Anyone thinking of going electric now Don't forget the price we pay for electricity is pegged to the cost of generation from gas (which has also shot up in price). So ultimately the cost of electricity will rise too." But as yet I don't know how another country will stop our flow of wind or sun | |||
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"I paid £1.29 a litre at Costco today That's very fair
How much is your Costco membership card? "£30 for 1 year basic membership (depending on eligibility) | |||
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"So apparently in Milton Keynes yesterday stations ran dry and panic stepped in as social media went into full scale meltdown! I on the other hand drove straight to the nearest bp where there wasn’t even a cue at any pump and filled up normally with the expensive diesel as i always do that was maybe 3p dearer than normal (not even £2 different from normal (completely unnoticeable)) This morning I went to the exact same bp station and tanked up my work van with the exact same Absolutely no issues at all no queuing Now my point is !is just me who doesn’t see any problems and it is social media scare mongering ! Ffs people get a grip Few years ago we were all paying over £2 per litre Now your all bitchin about a few pence per litre
We used to pay 25p a gallon, do the math!
You’re comparing prices from at least 40+ years ago probably longer than that!
We used to ride horses and live in mud huts too !
What’s your point??
It’s called inflation it happens every year
"It's also called devaluation of the pound caused by quantitive easing (printing of money by the government in place of a real wealth that doesn't exist!). Charging for fuel by the litre instead of the gallon to hood wink a gullible public into thinking fuel was cheap! The point being... we have all been taken for a hay ride for over fourty years, and still are! | |||
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"wonder what impact this has on public transport longer term. Bus fares currently capped until Mar 2027 but will they have to change this if the fuel keeps going up? " Bus companies can refuse to be part of the £3 fare cap is they want to . | |||
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"Doesn’t look like HMRC have changed the approved mileage rates since the 2011/12 tax year. Cars are still 45p a mile for the first 10,000 miles, then 25p per mile for anything over. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-travel-mileage-and-fuel-allowances/travel-mileage-and-fuel-rates-and-allowances Obviously they have no idea of the cost of inflation on running a vehicle (fuel, insurance, maintenance, mot and VED [used to be road fund tax])." Oh, they know... It is effectively a salary cut for people that are required to use their private car for official use as part of their job requirement! I'm retired now, but my management job at the time meant my supplied car was removed and informed I had to use my own vehicle with an, even back then, inadequate amount of financial allowance that has hardly increased since! | |||
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" Oh, they know... It is effectively a salary cut for people that are required to use their private car for official use as part of their job requirement! I'm retired now, but my management job at the time meant my supplied car was removed and informed I had to use my own vehicle with an, even back then, inadequate amount of financial allowance that has hardly increased since! "If it's your own car there cannot be an obligation or requirement to use it for business travel, even if there was adequate financial recompense. Somehow, coincidentally, whenever I was required to travel somewhere on business the car was "not available" that day and so I'd go by public transport and claim the cost back on expenses. Not my problem if it took longer to get there or for an early meeting it required a hotel as well. | |||
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"Anyone thinking of going electric now Don't forget the price we pay for electricity is pegged to the cost of generation from gas (which has also shot up in price). So ultimately the cost of electricity will rise too. But as yet I don't know how another country will stop our flow of wind or sun "oh dear... you really should find out then! Wind and sun generated energy is charged at the same price as that by fossil fuels... Despite what the government or energy companies may tell you!  | |||
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"Anyone thinking of going electric now Don't forget the price we pay for electricity is pegged to the cost of generation from gas (which has also shot up in price). So ultimately the cost of electricity will rise too. But as yet I don't know how another country will stop our flow of wind or sun
oh dear... you really should find out then! Wind and sun generated energy is charged at the same price as that by fossil fuels... Despite what the government or energy companies may tell you! "I am sure everyone understands that, the important point is that the environmental cost is fractional compared to fossil fuel. | |||
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"Anyone thinking of going electric now " Never diesel prices would have to skyrocket for years to make up the difference in what it would cost to buy an electric car. (No, I wouldn't waste my money on leasing - who needs a constant car payment for a vehicle you own nothing of) | |||
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" Oh, they know... It is effectively a salary cut for people that are required to use their private car for official use as part of their job requirement! I'm retired now, but my management job at the time meant my supplied car was removed and informed I had to use my own vehicle with an, even back then, inadequate amount of financial allowance that has hardly increased since!
If it's your own car there cannot be an obligation or requirement to use it for business travel, even if there was adequate financial recompense.
Somehow, coincidentally, whenever I was required to travel somewhere on business the car was "not available" that day and so I'd go by public transport and claim the cost back on expenses. Not my problem if it took longer to get there or for an early meeting it required a hotel as well."Hahaha... in the real world, if you didn't agree to use you're own car... you didn't get the job or pretty soon found yourself out of a job! Rip off Britain is alive and not well! | |||
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