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From the bbc story

 

But a Treasury source said "informal discussions" were still taking place between EU and British officials.

 

The UK needs EU permission to charge different fuel duty rates around the country. Ministers hope to make a formal request after the Budget.

 

EU law means the UK would need the European Commission to propose the scheme, and the EU's finance ministers to unanimously support the idea at an ECOFIN meeting.

 

Once the request is made by the UK, it will take three months for the commission to draw up a proposal and several further months for it to be agreed. Only then would a pilot scheme be possible.

 

This is the bottom line the U.K. Government cannot set different levels of fuel duty, they have given away the control to do so.

 

By the time they get this through and it's a big if !

It will most certainly have gone up by another 15 pence a litre.

 

If you voted for any of the mainstream parties who let the E.U. reign supreme than you only have yourselves to blame.

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On Facebook a cause has been set up re keeping fuel below £1 a litre. Demonstrations are being organised outside many of the oil refineries and I think a petition is being handed in (or the results of how many people join the cause page) to No. 10.

 

Perhaps a similar cause page could be set up for up here?

 

given that its supposed to be budgeting and cuts now for all , i rather doot our new ruler will stroke a few pence off his fire lighter budget, tho the idea is good for low level rumblings

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Fuel prices should now be universal,therfore the price would be the same all over the UK.

 

This would then mean that everyone would pay the same & there would be no unfair descrimination depending on where you live

Which might mean that there was no fuel at all in rural areas including Shetland. The companies who supply filling stations do so to make a profit and would not deliver fuel at a loss. Equally filling station operators want a profit and they would (with perhaps a few exceptions) not sell fuel if there was no profit to be had.

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Fuel prices should now be universal,therfore the price would be the same all over the UK.

 

This would then mean that everyone would pay the same & there would be no unfair descrimination depending on where you live

 

ideally yes i would agree , this supposedly bein a developed and democratic country , but its not.

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Fuel prices should now be universal,therfore the price would be the same all over the UK.

 

This would then mean that everyone would pay the same & there would be no unfair descrimination depending on where you live

 

Totally disagree why should someone who lives 5 mile from Grangemouth pay extra for their fuel because the people in the remotest parts of the UK don't think they should pay any more for having it taken to them.

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Do you think it costs 25/30p a litre to get the fuel up to Shetland?

It probably costs about 2p per litre to bring it up to Shetland by tanker, maybe 3p at most.

Thank you.

So why (as mentioned earlier) Doesn't one of the independents import their own fuel and undercut the greedy bar stewards?

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