Nope it's called life, much like the rest of the country be taxed to subsidise high speed internet to remote areas
Fuel up/down again
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Nope it's called life, much like the rest of the country be taxed to subsidise high speed internet to remote areas
Be interesting to see what parts of West Wales are considered "rural"
Never understood why fuel here is quite high compared to other areas - given that at one point there were three operating refineries here. The one remaining oil refinery (one shut down, the other converted to LNG) is Texaco yet the local Texaco garage has traditionally been one of the highest chargers in town.
As Fox says, give it to all or not at all. Wouldn't like to own a petrol station just on the wrong side of the line.
Never understood why fuel here is quite high compared to other areas - given that at one point there were three operating refineries here. The one remaining oil refinery (one shut down, the other converted to LNG) is Texaco yet the local Texaco garage has traditionally been one of the highest chargers in town.
As Fox says, give it to all or not at all. Wouldn't like to own a petrol station just on the wrong side of the line.
Membership cards I'd assume. These would be linked to wherever the car is registered to
.Who knows how it would work.... Would the "consideration" ever come into play.... Hhhhmmmmmmmm I doubt it.
Its just one MP spewing rubbish in an effort to look really concerned!
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These people must be in quite a minority - there are few if any very rural areas where it costs less to live there than it does in an inner city area. Now of course we'd all like to live somewhere nice and rural rather than in an inner city area but the fact we'd prefer something doesnt mean it isnt a choice.
Membership cards I'd assume. These would be linked to wherever the car is registered to
I thought it would be far simpler than that - just a subsidy on the fuel costs at remote filling stations. By rural they presumably mean areas like the remote far North of Scotland.
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I dunno, the idea of walking to get a loaf of bread or milk will be alien to a lot of people, although I imagine thats application to a lot more people than those in 'remote' areas.
Absolutely but the reason a lot of people live in more remote areas is because, lets face it, a small village in the countryside miles from anywhere is a far nicer place to live than Sholing, Southampton, or perhaps Mosside in Manchester...
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Thats the very extreme this needs to target, however the uptopic picture your painting is probably the cornish holiday zone, the rest of the UK remote areas are actually a bit crap. 20 mins drive just to get to a town with shops, recreational facilities, the beach, a high school, the doctors, socialise with friends, clubbing. If you like just doing the gardening... maybe?
Ask 90% of people who live there if they fancy a swap with somebody in central Manchester or Sheffield or something and they will laugh at you. Most people in far out communities live there because the unique lifestyle you get as a result of living there is preferrable to them than city living.
Which is fine - freedom of choice and all that. Not everyone wants to live in a big city! But these choices shouldnt be subsidised by the tax payer unless there was no alternative.
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My understanding was that they were going to try to lower the pump prices at fuel stations in the rural areas because their prices are generally much higher. I filled up at Morrisons on Fri morning in Edinburgh at 122.9 by the time I got to Grangemouth the BP garage right outside the refinery was showing 129.9
If you don't have a supermarket near you then you will be shafted...
That is my understanding as well - it's about fuel stations in remote areas where a combination of distribution costs and, perhaps more tellingly, lack of competition, results in an increased price.
But thats a market economy, right? Isn't that just how things work? The problem with fuel price is the non market economy element - nobody minds the fact oil is getting expensive - it's the monumentally high tax take that makes the prices increasingly unbearable.
Doing this for rual stations is a quick win - it wont cost much because the people who use them are low in volume, but they can then crow about how they helped out the needy motorists. Meanwhile the rest of us can carry on filling up with 40p a litre fuel but paying 130p a litre for it.
But thats a market economy, right? Isn't that just how things work? The problem with fuel price is the non market economy element - nobody minds the fact oil is getting expensive - it's the monumentally high tax take that makes the prices increasingly unbearable.
Doing this for rual stations is a quick win - it wont cost much because the people who use them are low in volume, but they can then crow about how they helped out the needy motorists. Meanwhile the rest of us can carry on filling up with 40p a litre fuel but paying 130p a litre for it.
This isn't about farmers at all - infact the majority of the fuel a farmer uses is taxed at a hugely lower rate anyway.
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Fuel isn't that bad around here, 124.9 for unleaded at the local shell garage so only a few pence more than pre Christmas prices.
If anything should be done, the government should stick to there original pledge. Stabilise fuel duty and stop taxing us twice!
If anything should be done, the government should stick to there original pledge. Stabilise fuel duty and stop taxing us twice!