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PUMP PRICES CUT BY 5p LITRE - GUESS WHICH GOVERNMENT HAS DONE THIS? UK or FRENCH....



An amazing headline isn’t it – Government takes action to cut pump prices!


The only problem is that it refers to the FRENCH GOVERNMNENT taking action to cut pump prices for FRENCH families, small businesses and the country’s economy. It’s all the more amazing when you realise that the French Government have taken this decisive action AND their diesel price is about £1.15 per litre! – far lower than ours. Many of our supporters have reported that UK pump prices have steadily risen over recent weeks and are now approaching record levels. Again!


FairFuelUK’s central argument is that fuel taxes need to come down to help boost UK growth. We have been successful in persuading the Government to defer over 9p per litre (11p if you include VAT) of fuel taxes. However, we are redoubling our call for a CUT in fuel prices in the light of the French example.


We are asking you to urgently do 2 simple things to get the fuel price crisis back on the political agenda and help us fight for a fuel duty cut here in line with the French example…..

1.We urgently need even more supporters signed up to FairFuelUK. We’ve achieved a lot with our 300,000 – but to have a chance of persuading our Government to follow the French example and actually CUT fuel duty, we need thousands more. Please, even if you would never normally do this sort of thing, copy the sample email at the foot of this message and send it to as many family, friends, contacts, customers, suppliers, staff, colleagues as you can. Every extra sign up makes our campaign stronger. We need our call to ‘go viral’ across the internet. And let’s remember that the August 3p Fuel Duty rise was not total cancelled – it was deferred, and is scheduled to hit us on 1st January. With the economy still in deep trouble, we need more signups to help us pressure the Government into making an announcement now that this rise will be scrapped completely.

http://www.fairfueluk.com/fairfueluksupporters.html

Received today
5-9-12


Some really positive news!


Dear FairFuelUK Supporter,


The body that carries out investigations into whether markets for goods and services are working fairly is preparing to launch an investigation into petrol and diesel prices in the UK.


At last! FairFuelUK has been calling for action on this for months and has made representations on your behalf to the highest levels of Government on the need for this type on inquiry and investigation.




At 11.00 am today, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that it will be asking for evidence on the following issues. It's the number 1 item on BBC's 6.00 pm news. We know that these are questions that have caused massive concern to you, our supporters:

•Do pump prices fall quickly enough when the Oil price falls?

•Are there areas of the country where people are paying too much because there is no effective competition – particularly in remote rural areas?

•Are the Oil companies and big retailers like supermarkets playing fair?


Petrol prices rose by 38% between June 2007 and June this year, and diesel prices went up by 43% over the same period. This positive news to investigate fuel pricing would not have been possible without the great body of FairFuelUK supporters across the country adding their voices and signatures to the clamour for action.


There’s still a long way to go in our fight for fairer pump prices. We mustn’t lose focus on the fact that the Government still plays a massive part in high fuel prices because of the high rate of fuel duty. However, today is another positive step in our long fight………..and we wanted you to be the first to know about it.


The battle for lower petrol and diesel prices continues so we will still need more and more supporters to show the Government that lower prices means growth to the economy and subsequently more revenue to the Treasury. Please continue to get all your contacts to sign up to www.fairfueluk.com


Thanks to you for your support…………


Very kind regards,


The FairFuelUK Team