Petrol prices from around the world.

[finisterre]

1p on petrol is about a 150 million quid
what chancellor isn't going to see that as easy money?

Fuel duty raises 25 billion.
About half of the interest on the national debt.
Or half education spending.
Or a tenth of pensions and healthcare.

I guess we need the money.

 

[Iain]

Unless you know something that I don't then Sky TV isn't provided as a usual part of the payments to those on benefits.

But that's where some of the benefit money goes. All the people I know that are on a low income have sky TV, drive, smoke, go to the pub, have takeaway meals. I can't afford that, I work full time!

 

[Scott_F]

But that's where some of the benefit money goes. All the people I know that are on a low income have sky TV, drive, smoke, go to the pub, have takeaway meals. I can't afford that, I work full time!

Being on low income isn't the same as being on benefits.

If you work full time and can't afford a few basic luxuries then you may be entitled to tax credits.

Most people on benefits will be entitled to income support (£67.50 per week maximum), housing benefit to pay the rent, council tax benefit and benefits for any children that they may have. I don't see how this would cover a Sky package let alone all the other items that you list.

 

[Dieselman]

Does anybody know the actual cost of petrol/diesel in this country before the taxman puts his lump on top?

Not forgetting that oil companies lump their entire production costs for all products onto road fuel, which adds a significant value to both the raw product and the increased VAT.

So why do we still pay so much for their other products, like paint?

 

[st4]

And an SLR is... what?

A very nice car.

But that's where some of the benefit money goes. All the people I know that are on a low income have sky TV, drive, smoke, go to the pub, have takeaway meals. I can't afford that, I work full time!

Because the benefits are too high and/or they discourage people NOT to work. Hence the requirement for so many migrant workers. We require them as so many of our own population choose methadone over a job.

 

[wemorgan]

So why do we still pay so much for their other products, like paint?

Maybe it's the amount of energy needed to make the product, not just the base material costs?

Either way, it's staggering how much some basic items cost these days.

 

[gaz_l]

I wonder what the UK Gov will charge for next- Fresh Air?

Don't give them ideas..

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[Benzmanc]

I wonder what the UK Gov will charge for next- Fresh Air?

No such thing too many people driving about

Daz

 

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[Iain]

Being on low income isn't the same as being on benefits.

If you work full time and can't afford a few basic luxuries then you may be entitled to tax credits.

Most people on benefits will be entitled to income support (£67.50 per week maximum), housing benefit to pay the rent, council tax benefit and benefits for any children that they may have. I don't see how this would cover a Sky package let alone all the other items that you list.

Have you ever come across 'irony' my friend?

 

[Liwi]

Andorra €1.10

 

[Scott_F]

Have you ever come across 'irony' my friend?

Not in the following I haven't....

All the people I know that are on a low income have sky TV, drive, smoke, go to the pub, have takeaway meals.

It just sounds like a Mail-esque rant.

 

[horgantrevor]

hi in ireland in euro i must say

petrol 1.50
diesel 1.40

 

[st4]

....where I'd want the Government to spend my taxes and I'm afraid it wouldn't involve subsidising owners of luxury cars.

It just sounds like a Mail-esque rant.

 

[DITTRICH]

In Vladimir I'm paying 26 rubles a litre, up from 24 in the srping. What were you paying in Moscow?

Home in 5 days..

26-28 /litre but sometimes I think I filled up with 98 / 95 / 92 so it varied. To be honest at that price I wasn't paying attention beyond checking it wasn't diesel.

 

[bpsorrel]

To be honest at that price I wasn't paying attention beyond checking it wasn't diesel.

Indeed!! It's going to be hard going from 50p a litre back to £1.30 odd in a few days time!!

One of the (many) things I like about it here is the freedom I feel to just drive, go anywhere etc and not be concerned by the cost! (Nice not to see cameras everywhere too, although I've noticed a few cropping up in Moscow along the M7!)

 

[BoyracerAU]

Sydney $AU1.40/l (89p/l) for basic unleaded 91 octane, most often with 10% ethanol.

 

[clk1]

Qatar about 16 pence

 

[Aswall]

Having just returned from a drive through Europe to my brother's new house in Finland, I noticed that petrol was slightly more expensive than here in Holland, Germany and Finland, a bit more expensive in Denmark, and slightly cheaper than here in Sweden.

One odd thing we did notice was how all the cars returning to Denmark from Germany were packed solid with cans of Coke, Fanta etc. Some people carriers had been stacked so high with them that the children were squeezed into small spaces between. I'm presuming that prices for cans of pop in Denmark are very high, but we didn't hang about long enough to find out.

 

[Dieselman]

Have you ever come across 'irony' my friend?

No, but if I do will She do my shirts...