It can't all keep being put on the motorist though, as well as the Fuel Duty there have been large premiums put on insurance by the government (or in otherwords tax) and Road Tax is constantly rising too. It is making life very difficult for a lot of people. I for one until last week had 2 part time jobs to fit around the children, I was lucky enough to get some extra hours at Job 1, so left Job 2 because it really wasn't worth doing anymore it was costing me at least 2/3 of my wage to p*y for petrol to get there, breakfast club for the children & the BR Tax I have to p*y for it being a second job. It wasn't very far away but because I was travelling in rush hour was just sitting in traffic burning fuel.docb wrote:Happy (obviously) to see lower fuel taxes. But if the tax is reduced the deficit has to be found from somewhere else - where?
I know quite a few other women who were planning to return to work after having children but have simply found that the cost of working is just to high and it is not worth it, so they are not now p*ying income tax, NI, fuel duty, and depending on their husband/partners earnings possibly now claiming more tax credits.
It has also been stated many times that the Fuel Duty is a 'green' tax to discourage people from driving to lower emissions, rather than to raise revenue. They can't have it both ways.
