Sentences with phrase «fuel allowance as»

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Measures such as the higher personal allowance, the freeze in fuel duty, and abolition of the alcohol duty escalator will all ease the burden on hard - pressed families.

As I expected, I failed to get winter fuel allowance added to the state pension and taxed, instead of means - tested.

The autumn's fuel duty rise may be put off, our plucky soldiers might be getting a 1.5 % pay rise (don't spend it all at once) and the # 10,000 personal allowance might materialise in 2014, not 2015 as previously scheduled.

That's why the actions we've taken — such as freezing the council tax, making cuts to fuel duty and raising the personal allowance so you keep more before you start paying tax — are so important.

While he slashed stamp duty for almost every first - time buyer (outside London) he conspicuously avoided provoking older voters; pension tax reliefs remain sacrosanct, as does the winter fuel allowance and the «triple lock» on pension increases...

«David Cameron's official spokesman warned yesterday that pensioner benefits such as the winter fuel allowance are facing cuts — undermining the Prime Minister's election pledge to preserve the handouts.

«Can it be right, when we're taking away universal benefits such as child benefit, to continue to pay a winter fuel allowance to that group of people?

As you know, I am strongly in favour of raising the personal allowance to # 10,000 and welcome what George Osborne has done so far to help with the cost of living, whether this is reducing fuel duty, or freezing Council Tax.

Increasing the personal allowance is popular (83 % say its a good idea), as is cracking down on international tax avoidance (81 %), freezing fuel duty (74 %) and the sugar tax (62 %).

Treasury sources refused to guarantee there will not be more cuts to universal benefits, such as the winter fuel allowance, when the spending review is announced on 20 October.

The budget questions were all largely unsurprising — the mansion tax remains very popular (75 % support on # 2m houses), as is increasing the personal tax allowance and cutting fuel duty.

The media coverage of George Osborne's second budget as Chancellor has largely, and understandably, been focused on the 1p cut in fuel duty to help motorists, the raising of the personal allowance for Income Tax, and the creation of 21 new Enterprise Zones to boost jobs.

Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, the Work and Pensions Secretary encouraged well - off elderly people to pay back services such as the winter fuel allowance, free bus passes and television licences.

But, ever mindful of the sensitivities of Mail and Telegraph readers, David Cameron denounced as a Labour lie during the election suggestions he might seek to trim middle - class and pensioner perks, the so - called «universal benefits» such as fuel allowances which go to dukes in their chilly castles, as well as dustmen.

At a time when public spending is to be cut, how vital is it to retain universal welfare benefits, such as child benefit, winter fuel allowances and free bus passes for the over 60s?

The conclusions are based on a model accounting for fuel prices, GHG allowances and the payback period of technologies such as combined heat and power and carbon capture and storage.

«(B) the nonemissive use, in 2012 or later, of petroleum - based or coal - based liquid or gaseous fuel, petroleum coke, natural gas liquid, or natural gas as a feedstock, if allowances or offset credits were retired for the greenhouse gases that would have been emitted from their combustion; and

-- Where carbon dioxide (or another greenhouse gas) generated by a covered entity is used as an input in the production of algae - based fuels, the Administrator shall ensure that emission allowances are required to be held either for the carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity that is used to grow the algae or for the portion of the carbon dioxide emitted from combustion of the fuel produced from such algae that is attributable to carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity, but not for both.

The lease also includes a 20,000 - mile annual allowance, as much as $ 15,000 in hydrogen fuel, 21 days of Avis Luxury Rental inside California, roadside assistance, and single occupant HOV lane access.

Excluded: Flight tickets, Travel and repatriation insurance, Airport taxes, Port and park fees (between USD 90 and 300 depending on destination), Dive rental equipment (full set USD 30 per day), Nitrox (USD 8 per fill or USD 12 per day), Dive courses and certification such as Nitrox and Advanced, Alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, spirits and cocktails, Use of satellite telephone, Internet connection for browsing & data allowance, Massages, Fuel surcharges, Souvenirs on board, Tips

Excluded: Flight tickets / Travel, dive and repatriation insurance / Visas and fees / Airport taxes and extra baggage fees / Airport to hotel transfers / Port, Ranger and Marine Park fees (Raja Ampat: $ 180 p.p per trip, Komodo $ 150 p.p per trip, Wakatobi: $ 30 p.p.p.d) / Rangers fees (on - land activity) / Dive rental equipment / Nitrox - prices USD per person $ 25 per day (up to 4 tanks) payable onboard for all charters / Dive courses and certification, (price on application) / Alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, spirits / Soft Drinks and package snacks / Fuel surcharges ** (may fluctuate with markets, you may be asked to pay an extra fuel allowance up to 60 days prior to departure, of no more than $ 100 USD per person) / Gratuities (preferred in local currency) / La Galigo MerchanFuel surcharges ** (may fluctuate with markets, you may be asked to pay an extra fuel allowance up to 60 days prior to departure, of no more than $ 100 USD per person) / Gratuities (preferred in local currency) / La Galigo Merchanfuel allowance up to 60 days prior to departure, of no more than $ 100 USD per person) / Gratuities (preferred in local currency) / La Galigo Merchandise

As the number of allowances is reduced over time, either demand must fall or prices must rise in order incentivise action to cut emissions and switch to cleaner fuels.

-- Where carbon dioxide (or another greenhouse gas) generated by a covered entity is used as an input in the production of algae - based fuels, the Administrator shall ensure that emission allowances are required to be held either for the carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity that is used to grow the algae or for the portion of the carbon dioxide emitted from combustion of the fuel produced from such algae that is attributable to carbon dioxide generated by a covered entity, but not for both.

Going beyond what is seen as feasible through fuel switching and a smooth integration of new renewable capacity is another matter, especially if it means taking away a big part of the revenue windfall the utilities have mentally already booked for those free allowances (since many less would be available to them).

* Only # 115 fuel costs for 12,000 miles driving (# 0.96 pence for a full charge) * Low servicing costs and downtime - only approximately 4 working parts compared to over 300 in a typical internal combustion engine * Exempt from road tax (saving approx # 300 per annum) * First year capital allowances for fleet vehicles * Zero benefit - in - kind company car tax * Lower rate of VAT for domestic electricity * Exempt from congestion charge (saving up to # 2,000 per annum) * Free parking in many London boroughs and cities such as Milton Keynes * Expected high residual values due to high demand outstripping supply for several years to come

This is especially true of the fossil fuel industry, whose subsidies include such things as a depletion allowance for oil pumping in the United States.