Fuel prices
Fuel prices
Darling hints at duty freeze
ALISTAIR Darling, the Chancellor, has given the clearest signal yet that he is considering delaying plans to increase duty on petrol.
Oil: A world on the brink of full-blown crisis, over a commodity drying up day by day
FOR some, it is a matter of life and death as the cost of food and heating slips out of reach. For others, it is simply the rising cost of travelling to work or running a business.
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Refinery strike threat to oil and gas fields
THE UK's gas, electricity and oil production could be hit by the strike at Scotland's only oil refinery, impacting on energy prices, experts warned last night.
Ministers act over fuel crisis
TALKS aimed at averting the shutdown of Scotland's biggest oil refinery will begin today, after ministers intervened to ease an escalating dispute between unions and management.
The fuel panic begins
MOTORISTS laid siege to Scotland's forecourts yesterday, stockpiling against a feared fuel shortage as the country's only oil refinery continued a phased shutdown in the face of strike action.
Bank crisis, high street blues and now petrol pumps could run dry
SCOTLAND is facing its biggest energy crisis since the fuel blockades of 2000 which brought the country to a grinding halt.
Doing a ton: it's the £100 petrol tank
THEY are renowned for guzzling gas, hogging city roads, blocking parking spaces and being a safety menace to pedestrians.
Profit tax for power firms that snub fuel poverty fund
POWER companies could be threatened with a profits tax if they refuse to give back some of their earnings to subsidise fuel-poverty schemes.
OAP fuel aid to rise
THE elderly in Scotland are set to get more help to pay their fuel bills as ministers attempt to counter rising consumer anger over rocketing prices.
Misery for motorists as the cost of oil hits record high
MOTORISTS are facing more price hikes at the petrol pump after the cost of a barrel of oil hit a record high today.
Chancellor facing calls to scrap latest fuel duty rise
FREIGHT companies will today urge Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, to scrap plans to increase fuel duty by 2p from 1 April.
Darling urged to scrap fuel price hike or face 'pump war' with protesters
MOTORISTS, hauliers and businesses have formed a powerful alliance that will tomorrow warn Chancellor Alistair Darling that the Government faces more protests over a 2p-a-litre increase in the cost of diesel and petrol.
Energy price hikes 'wipe out' OAPs' fuel allowance
GAS and electricity price hikes are wiping out pensioners' winter fuel payments, it was claimed today.
Diesel set to hit £5 a gallon for first time
DIESEL prices are approaching £5 a gallon for the first time in the UK.
£5 diesel gallon will hit pumps soon, says AA
DRIVERS will soon have to pay £5 a gallon for diesel after pump prices hit a new record, the Automobile Association (AA) has predicted.
Fuel speed ahead for diesel cars as cost-conscious drivers seek savings
MORE than two in five new cars sold last year run on diesel, according to figures which reveal such models are now more popular than ever. Nearly one million diesel cars were registered in 2007 – almost 8 per cent up on the previous year.
Petrol prices and oil hit record high
PETROL prices have increased to a new high and could soar further after oil hit $100 a barrel for the first time yesterday.
Fuel-price protests fail to ignite
NATIONWIDE protests over fuel prices failed to generate widespread support yesterday, with only a handful of demonstrators bothering to brave the cold.
Convoy of truckers to protest over fuel costs
HAULIERS will protest against increasing fuel prices today, with a 30-strong lorry convoy set to travel across major roads in central Scotland.
'Cut taxes or we will step up fuel protests'
FUEL protesters threatened yesterday to step up their action if the government failed to cut taxes on petrol and diesel after planned peaceful demonstrations at refineries across Britain on Saturday.
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