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Alistair Darling finally backed down and scrapped that pathetic fuel tax hike. They tried to rob us in plain sight but we forced them to retreat on their cynical cash grab. Keep your eyes open because we know this government never stops looking for new ways to bleed us dry.

December 24, 2008

Scrap the added tax on fuel when VAT was reduced

Scrap the added tax on fuel when VAT was reduced

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 8 months ago
The chancellor Alistair Darling recently announced a reduction in VAT to 15% in an attempt to help people through the economic downturn. But he cleverly hid away an increase in fuel tax hoping nobody would notice and on the 1st December added 2p a litre to petrol and diesel offsetting the expected saving in VAT. This is unfair on motorists and is further proof of the government's war against drivers. Road users in the UK already pay £50 billion in taxes every year with only £6bn spent on our roads. It is time government stopped pilfering driver's pockets. We demand Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown to stop this war on drivers and remove this cynical increase in fuel tax.

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December 4, 2008

Alistair Darling thinks he can sneak this tax hike past us while we are distracted by the VAT change. I am tired of watching the government pillage our pockets to fill their own coffers while our roads fall into disrepair.

December 4, 2008

Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown thought they could sneak this tax hike past us while we were distracted by the VAT change. They were wrong and the massive surge in support for this petition proves that drivers are sick of being treated like a bottomless ATM for the government.

Reached 100 supporters

December 4, 2008

6 Comments

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Dave Hassan
17 years ago Featured

Absolute joke. They give with one hand and take with the other. Sick of being a cash cow for these people.

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Mark Jensen
17 years ago Featured

Sneaky tactics like this are exactly why nobody trusts the government anymore. Just leave our fuel prices alone.

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Kevin Reed
17 years ago Featured

50 billion in tax and the roads are still full of potholes. Where is the money going??

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Tom Weber
17 years ago Featured

Classic brown. Always finding new ways to pick our pockets under the guise of helping.

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Linda Liu
17 years ago Featured

Hard working people are struggling enough as it is. We dont need another tax hike right before xmas.

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Sarah Klein
17 years ago Featured

My commute is costing me a fortune and this just makes it worse. STOP ROBBING US ALREADY.

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