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the old nanny ;-)
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They are getting the Lot . As is over a quid from every Litre of Diesel being sold

Petrol not much Better
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Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 6:29 PM GMT
All trumps fault though.

Budget will give something back and probably rightly it is just doping as its peer in Europe have done.
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 6:30 PM GMT
'doing as it peers'^
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:37 PM GMT
Trump ,its not him Taxing us , They could knock 25 P a litre off  ,They need to , why has it not been done ?
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:38 PM GMT
How much is your Tax on a litre over there PA ?
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:38 PM GMT
How much is your Tax on a litre over there PA ?
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 6:42 PM GMT
44% of the price i think TON.

Trump mightn't be taxing us but the price of it has gone up biggly in the last 8 months due to him.
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:48 PM GMT
Yes The war in Iran , and our Governments are cashing in on it
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 6:52 PM GMT
Not the governments fault, giving they are borrowing goodo (so are most) it is a brucie bonus and they could have made some token effort though Trump said the war will be over eeeemmm soon a good few times.

Blame Trump
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:57 PM GMT
Trumps war , My government is Robbing me , Fuel Tax VAT all up ,Coining it IN
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 6:59 PM GMT
If they weren't getting that tax take on the petrol they would be getting it somewhere else,the few crumbs given probably paid by that.
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 6:59 PM GMT
They certainly need more Money we have hundreds arriving monthly  that are Costing 40 K a year per Each  , People that do and probably never will pay Tax
Report Escapee • October 26, 2026 7:22 PM GMT
The real ongoing tax robbery is the ongoing tax threshold freeze.

Basic rate £12,500, 40% rate £50,000

Frozen in 2021, 5 years in and it's already costing most workers over £3,000 per year, and that's increasing every year.



On the flip side, ASDA shuffled some papers, filled in a couple of forms and now won't pay any corporation tax for at least 25 years.
Report MillridgeTanic • October 26, 2026 7:26 PM GMT
So they can make a big deal of keeping the 5p duty cut that is in place til the end of the year.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- • October 26, 2026 7:35 PM GMT
Business claims back vat anyway

Fuel duty not going up offset by increased vat that punters don't claim back.

Seems fair enough,... Get a leccie car and
solar panels and a battery,.. Save yer own tax.
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 7:38 PM GMT
Bang on Escapee.It is hidden austerity,i am surprised by the resilience of the economy generally but some struggling badly.

Where is the direction heading? The facebook fringe economy with 'beauty'gardens, 'odd jobs' and another portion ousted out of lets call it menial work like call/help centres through AI,jaysus it looks bleak to me.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- • October 26, 2026 7:47 PM GMT
AI likely destroys more jobs, got to feel for those youngsters who would have scooped an office job in our day.

Good job there's loads of oldies got cash to pay gardeners and house keepers...
Report lapsy pa • October 26, 2026 7:59 PM GMT
Fair play,a more positive outlook than me.
Agree it is the 'older' boomers so to speak holding the cash and tbf the younger people mostly keeping hospitality going but petrol,gas/leccy,food inflation,service inflation squeezing (imo) an awful lot to watch it.
The haves and have nots are getting more marginalised would be my gut feeling and not sure what that will lead to.
Report DixieDean60 • October 26, 2026 8:30 PM GMT
Escapee26 Oct 26 19:22Joined: 27 Aug 04 | Topic/replies: 11,432 | Blogger: Escapee's blog

Frozen in 2021, 5 years in and it's already costing most workers over £3,000 per year, and that's increasing every year.

Don't think that is correct Escapee. The allowance itself would have only now increased by approx £3k and therefore on that basis about £600 tax would have been saved this year.
Report Escapee • October 26, 2026 8:54 PM GMT
You're right Dixie


AI Overview

The ongoing freeze on UK personal tax thresholds is costing the average worker approximately £730 to £800 extra per year.


Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 10:39 PM GMT
Get a leccie car and
solar panels and a battery,.. Save yer own tax.

Have you got the Heat Pump for the Full house Donnie ?

How does knocking 20 p off a Litre Cost them anything ?
Report the old nanny ;-) • October 26, 2026 10:40 PM GMT
its 60 p Dearer they are getting 30 P more , still plus 10 P
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- • October 26, 2026 11:37 PM GMT
If its 60p more per litre then that's 50p + 10p vat


Business claims vat back, so about 70% of diesel and 15% of petrol sales realise no vat to Government.
Report Shrewd_dude • October 27, 2026 7:48 AM GMT
Don’t worry Healy is reported to be cutting tariffs on gherkins and boiled sweets to bring down living costs.

So often when you read a news report about these clowns in government you need to cross check it just to make sure it’s not some sort of parody article.
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