Just in case anyone in Harlow needed more proof that petrol and diesel prices are still too high, see the graph above (from the House of Commons Library).
Britain still has one of the worst levels of fuel tax in Europe. This - in turn - has given us one of the worst petrol prices, and the absolute worst diesel price.
How can Britain be competitive, when small businesses are being crushed by these kinds of energy costs?
The truth is that fuel prices in Harlow are simply too high - and in the case of our town, petrol is inexplicably 5p per litre more expensive than in nearby towns such as Stevenage.
As regular readers will know, last year I campaigned successfully against the tax rise that was planned on fuel duty. Thankfully the Government listened, and taxes have been frozen.
But as the graph shows, Britain still has a long hard road ahead of it, to become a competitive low-tax economy once again.
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
Harlow is also consistently more expensive than Chelmsford and Brentwood. Last week Sainsburys Harlow was 134.9 and Sainsburys Chelmsford was 131.9. As I happened to be in both places you csn guess where I filled up. Incidentally the garage on the mini roundabout in Bishops Stortford was 136.9 on the same day!
ReplyDeletehad noticed that despite the no rise in january pledge, Tesco in Edinburgh Way have increased their prices by at least 2p a litre this week ...
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