Sentences with phrase «fuel duty increases»

Sadly I am a bit short of money because of fuel duty increases to force me out of my car and higher home energy costs to fund wind turbines that only deliver 20 % of their generation capacity.

The budget did include a straight up tax break for investment in North Sea oil, as well as a freeze on fuel duty increases.

When we were in government, we postponed fuel duty increases when the economy was weakened, when families were struggling, and that's what the government should do now.»

Suddenly, Mr Cameron is being haunted by broken promises to end top - down NHS restructuring, to cap banker bonuses at # 2,000 and to limit fuel duty increases.

Osborne cancels the September fuel duty increase.

Limiting benefit rises to 1 %, scrapping the planned fuel duty increase, devolving power over teacher pay to schools and cutting corporation tax are steps in the right direction.

The chancellor said that following a fall in pump prices of over 20 pence per litre from the summer price, the postponed twp pence per litre fuel duty increase will go ahead from December 1st.

It has been suggested in many quarters that VED should be abolished, and fuel duties increased accordingly, insofar as the price of fuel has a greater incentive effect on reducing emissions.

The Insurance Premium Tax increase on the average car insurance policy is still equivalent to a fuel duty increase of almost 2p per litre.

However, for individuals and businesses alike it was encouraging to hear that the fuel duty increase that was due to be implemented in September 2014 has been cancelled and there will be no further increase in the current Parliament.

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The data shows that the beverage industry has the largest fleet of fuel - efficient heavy - duty hybrid commercial vehicles in North America, and has increased fuel economy (miles per gallon) industry - wide by 3 percent per year since at least 2010.

«History shows that increasing tobacco duty above inflation fuels illicit trade and costs government money.

In addition to the 1p cut in beer duty, the chancellor announced he was abandoning the scheduled September increase in fuel duty altogether.

But he also announced a delay to the increase in fuel duty, a reversal on the introduction of a per - plane duty, and few energy and emission - reduction incentives.

The shock fuel duty cut and increased personal allowance will make a real difference.

AA president Edmund King said: «We are delighted that the Chancellor has resisted the temptation to increase fuel duty which will bring relief at the pumps for millions of motorists.»

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...

It is the poorest who have to eventually face cuts and increased indirect taxes — fuel duty, VAT etc..

Mr Osborne announced an increase in the threshold before workers start paying income tax to # 8,105, financial support for first - time home buyers, a two per cent cut to corporation tax this year, a tax on private jets, a clampdown on non-doms, the introduction of # 140 flat - rate state pension, a review into a merger of national insurance and income tax and a fair fuel stabiliser, including a 1p cut on fuel duty.

Inflation rises in October As inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in October, the FSB warned that with energy costs set to rise and potential increase in fuel duty, we are concerned about the pressure this will put on household and business finances.

Aviation tax rises were dropped despite the fact that aviation is historically under - taxed compared to road fuels and, whilst the road fuel duty escalator was scrapped, there was no help for bus and train users suffering much greater cost increases.

Late last year, George Osborne postponed Labour's planned increase in fuel duty, but the planned increase is due to come into force in August this year.

«I am very pleased that under this Government fuel duty has not been increased at all in the last 5 years, recognising the impact fuel costs can have on the cost of living and business costs - particularly in rural areas where we are reliant on our vehicles.

Yesterday Robert Halfon's motion urging the Government to consider scrapping any further increases in fuel duty passed without a division.

The Greens make no bones about who will pay for it — they will introduce a 2 % wealth tax on the top 1 %; a Robin Hood tax on financial transactions; increase corporation tax from 20 % to 30 %; increase fuel duty on aviation; impose an additional 60 % top rate income tax band and a plethora of other measures.

So, too, will the decision to freeze fuel duty for the sixth successive year, though if ever there was a time to increase the tax surely it was now as pump prices have fallen so much.

George Osborne had already cancelled rises due under the fuel duty escalator — a commitment to successive duty increases — put in place by the previous government.

The Sun's signature campaign in recent weeks has been the campaign that has also been spearheaded by Tory MP for Harlow - Rob Halfon - lower fuel duty and, in particular, a call to cancel or at least postpone the 3p increase in fuel duty that is scheduled for August.

Under questioning from Miliband in the Commons, Cameron said that the decision to freeze fuel duty was not a government U-turn since it was one of six increases in fuel duty left by Labour.

In the last autumn statement, he scrapped an increase he had already deferred until January and now it appears he may freeze fuel duty rises throughout this parliament.

In freezing the fuel duty freeze, Osborne will be repeating his autumn statement from last year, raising calls by some for the total scrapping of the fuel duty escalator under which tax is supposed to increase by the retail price index (RPI) every April until 2014.

The increase in investment and higher spending will generate enough extra VAT and income tax receipts to make up most of the losses from expected fuel duty rises.

Nevertheless, Clegg and Alexander have sympathy with the argument that an increase in fuel duty would be a heavy blow to working families at an economically difficult time.

The only specific measure to run into strong opposition was the increase in fuel duty, opposed by 68 %.

Shadow chancellor urges government to postpone August's planned 3p increase in fuel duty until next year

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 %).

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.

But the Tory MP Robert Halfon, who has led the campaign against increasing fuel duty, said he would not vote against the government until he saw whether the chancellor, George Osborne, responded to the mounting concerns in his autumn statement, due on 5 December.

A fuel duty regulator, a position Plaid would like to instate, would have prevented motorists from enjoying the recent benefits of lower crude oil prices, as it would have increased the fuel duty.

The CBI also wants the government to reconsider planned increases in fuel duty, changes to air passenger duty and to look at deregulating small mergers to help struggling firms survive by joining forces.

In the debate, Halfon was adamant that the increase in fuel duty was not simply an economic issue, and that «tax cutting is a moral creed»:

On a day when he revealed the economy would take a # 60 billion hit over the coming five years thanks Brexit, Mr Hammond did have some positive news - namely that fuel duty would be frozen and the National Living Wage increased.

The political damage from George Osborne's U-turn on plans to increase fuel duty deepened on Tuesday night when he was accused of leaving one of his junior ministers to carry the can during an interview in which she struggled to explain how the freeze would be funded.

The idle control may have the ability to increase air through a bypass around the throttle, and adjust fuel amounts by controlling injector duty cycle.

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Increasing fuel prices, rising loan rates and higher import duties kept most of the buyers away.

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The mix of light duty pickups powered by GM's all - new EcoTec3 V6, which offers best - in - class fuel economy, towing and payload (depending on configuration) increased 2 percentage points month over month to about 20 percent of retail sales.

The government has not raised fuel duty in line with inflation and has cancelled a string of planned increases.