jhar1945 wrote: >>>>> The rates of duty on all fuels have been increased as from today. >>>>> This means the additional duty charged on fuel purchased for >>>>> propulsion purposes has increased from 42.28 to 43.77 pence per >>>>> litre, plus VAT at 5%. >>>>> >>>> Another case of hiding bad news on a day when the news channels are >>>> full of something else???? >>> >>> For once, you can't really claim that; it was announced in the last >>> Budget, due to take effect in the Autumn, then postponed to 1 April >>> in the Pre Budget Report, so you've had nearly twelve month's notice! >> Doesn't make it any nicer. >> Brian >> > Which only leaves the question - was the date of the G20 already fixed when > the fuel duty date was decided? > John Probably so, which is why they so clearly announced it many months ago, to avoid any possible accusation of burying the news... ;-)
Steve NB Bream
