These are the prices as displayed at 9.00am January 1st 2011:

Tesco
Unleaded 124.9p/litre
Diesel 128.9p/litre

Shell @ Speen
Unleaded 124.9p/litre
Diesel 128.9p/litre

Sainsbury's
Unleaded 125.9p/litre
Diesel 129.9p/litre

Total @ Falkland
Unleaded 125.9p/litre
Diesel 129.9p/litre

BP London Road
Unleaded 126.9p/litre
Diesel 130.9p/litre

Fuel duty was put up by the Government as of today. Petrol prices will go up another 3p a litre on 4th Jan when VAT goes up too. Heating oil will also be affected.

BP are the dearest. Are we having to susidise the clean up in the Gulf?

At the garage on the A4 at Hungerford by Eddington roundabout the price was 122.9 per ltre yesterday at  12 midday.

Quoted from richard.garvie

Fuel duty was put up by the Government as of today. Petrol prices will go up another 3p a litre on 4th Jan when VAT goes up too. Heating oil will also be affected.

Shame Labour are not in - they'd have been slashing duty & VAT. NOT.

Quoted from 78

Shame Labour are not in - they'd have been slashing duty & VAT. NOT.

And still running up further debts!!

Quoted from richard.garvie

Fuel duty was put up by the Government as of today. Petrol prices will go up another 3p a litre on 4th Jan when VAT goes up too. Heating oil will also be affected.

Let's not forget WHO exactly caused today's increase in petrol prices though shall we.....

Quoted Text

Alistair Darling told the House of Commons that fuel duty will now rise by just 1p a litre on 1 April. A further penny will be added to the cost of buying a litre of fuel on 1 October, and 0.76p on 1 January 2011.

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Even though the VAT increase will come from the Government in a couple of days, lets make sure those rose-tinted spectacles don't shine too much today hey  

But when Darling implemented that plan, there was no plan to raise VAT. I wasn't a member of the party when it happened, but didn't Darling cut VAT when needed to help stimulate the economy? At least Labour had plans for growth, but it was right they didn't win the last election. The manifesto wasn't up to scratch and Brown was past his sell by date. But I'd take him over Cameron any day on the basis that this Government appears to be adopting the same approach which left Ireland the way it is. Who will bail us out if we go the same way as them?

About three weeks ago there was a bit on BBC news about Petrol prices and apparently Berkshire has the highest prices in the Country

Quoted from richard.garvie

Fuel duty was put up by the Government as of today. Petrol prices will go up another 3p a litre on 4th Jan when VAT goes up too. Heating oil will also be affected.

WRONG. Heating oil for domestic & commercial use is rated at 5% & will not be changing.

Quoted from richard.garvie

But when Darling implemented that plan, there was no plan to raise VAT. I wasn't a member of the party when it happened, but didn't Darling cut VAT when needed to help stimulate the economy? At least Labour had plans for growth, but it was right they didn't win the last election. The manifesto wasn't up to scratch and Brown was past his sell by date. But I'd take him over Cameron any day on the basis that this Government appears to be adopting the same approach which left Ireland the way it is. Who will bail us out if we go the same way as them?

No LABOUR is past its sell by date - and has left the country in debt, as it has done every time it has been in power.  Wake up Richard G.

Quoted from Nobby

has left the country in debt, as it has done every time it has been in power.

Just out of fairness, are you saying that every time the Tories have been kicked out in the past, they have left no debt?


Threep.

I've only ever met 2 other Labour supporters. They both display a creepy cult mentality too.
Even when Labour pulling some major fail out of their a**. They just chirp on about how Labour must have some super secret plan which will make their fail suddenly awesome and shiny.

They are as creepy as Cult of Apple followers.

Quoted from MoonPhoenix

I've only ever met 2 other Labour supporters. They both display a creepy cult mentality too.
Even when Labour pulling some major fail out of their a**. They just chirp on about how Labour must have some super secret plan which will make their fail suddenly awesome and shiny.

They are as creepy as Cult of Apple followers.

Obviously never left the confines of the South then and have never met many people from the north of England.

I think you are being slightly unfair. Before the Lehman Brothers collapse in America, we were paying 6p per £1 in debt interest. That's 2.5p less per pound than the "golden legacy" Osborne claims the Conservatives left to Labour. I joined Labour after the election, as did quite a few others here in West Berkshire. Some are ex Lib Dem, some are ex Tory. Some are complete political newbies like myself. The party appeal can't be that bad.

Back on topic. If you don't like the prices, don't purchase the product.

I don't think most people have a choice on this product User. I rarely drive, but for those out in the sticks I'm sure that isn't the case.

Quoted from richard.garvie

I don't think most people have a choice on this product User. I rarely drive, but for those out in the sticks I'm sure that isn't the case.

Of course they do. It's not compulsory to own a car.

If one builds one's life so they they rely on the use of a car then that's their choice.

Fair point I guess.

Quoted from user23.3

Of course they do. It's not compulsory to own a car.

If one builds one's life so they they rely on the use of a car then that's their choice.

The rise in fuel prices will not only affect drivers - all products will rise in price owing to the increased cost of distribution.

Since the car became available to almost everyone the bus system has all but disappeared and housing estates have been built miles from shops that have moved to locations convenient only for the car driver.  Villages have lost almost all their shops, post offices and half their pubs - the whole country has reshaped itself around the car - simply increasing the cost of fuel will not stop people using them.

Quoted from blackdog

The rise in fuel prices will not only affect drivers - all products will rise in price owing to the increased cost of distribution.

That isn't actually true in the short term. Remember the fuel protests, when hauliers were blocking oil refineries 10-12 years ago? They were busy doing this as their margins were so slim, the increases were making haulage unviable. Hauliers spend so much time under cutting each other that small rises in fuel costs are absorbed.  ( I was in the haulage business at the time )

Quoted from user23.3

Of course they do. It's not compulsory to own a car.

If one builds one's life so they they rely on the use of a car then that's their choice.

Let's take my new daily commute as an example of why it is advisable to own a car:

Woolton Hill - Weston

By bus: 73 minutes, including 1 change.
By car: 20 minutes.

In actual fact I am hoping to move into Newbury town centre in about 6 months time, which should make the difference a little less extreme but at the moment the 'choice' of transport method is clear.

From what User is saying, you should either move to Weston or lump it!!!

Quoted from blackdog

The rise in fuel prices will not only affect drivers - all products will rise in price owing to the increased cost of distribution.

Untrue, as has been already pointed out.

Quoted from James_Trinder

Let's take my new daily commute as an example of why it is advisable to own a car:

Woolton Hill - Weston

By bus: 73 minutes, including 1 change.
By car: 20 minutes.

In actual fact I am hoping to move into Newbury town centre in about 6 months time, which should make the difference a little less extreme but at the moment the 'choice' of transport method is clear.

Are your method of transport, place of residence and work location are all your choice?

If so, who's to blame if they're not the right ones.

Quoted from user23.3

Back on topic. If you don't like the prices, don't purchase the product.

No new years resolutions here then  

Quoted from user23.3

Untrue, as has been already pointed out.

Only untrue in the short term - as was also pointed out.  Rises in cost of fuel such as those happening at present are not small - few businesses can absorb this sort of rise in costs for long.

Quoted from user23.3

If one builds one's life so they they rely on the use of a car then that's their choice.

Not at all. For a while I lived a ways out of town because that was the only property I could find that I could afford and was suitable for a family (this was around the time of the floods when mostly all rental property had been taken by those who had to move out of flooded houses). A car in this situation was essential. So, while I can see your point, and I will concede that many people who claim that a car is essential could get by fine without one, it is not an absolute, and people often find themselves in situations not entirely of their own choice.

Quoted from massifheed

Not at all. For a while I lived a ways out of town because that was the only property I could find that I could afford and was suitable for a family (this was around the time of the floods when mostly all rental property had been taken by those who had to move out of flooded houses). A car in this situation was essential. So, while I can see your point, and I will concede that many people who claim that a car is essential could get by fine without one, it is not an absolute, and people often find themselves in situations not entirely of their own choice.

I get what you're saying but I'm pretty sure people lived in the country before the invention of the combustion engine.

Quoted from user23.3

I get what you're saying but I'm pretty sure people lived in the country before the invention of the combustion engine.

You can do without one, but you will STRUGGLE, as you would if you didn't have a mobi or an email address.

Quoted from user23.3

I get what you're saying but I'm pretty sure people lived in the country before the invention of the combustion engine.

True - but every village of any size had a shop or three, a post office, a few pubs, and (most importantly) employment. The combustion engine has been a major cause of the change.

Quoted from Greenham Common

You can do without one, but you will STRUGGLE, as you would if you didn't have a mobi or an email address.

I don't have a moblie phone & don't struggle.

Quoted from 78

I don't have a moblie phone & don't struggle.

The exception doesn't disprove the rule, but the people (who are few in number) that I know who don't have a mobi, often cause 'others' to do the struggling for them.

Quoted from Greenham Common

The exception doesn't disprove the rule, but the people (who are few in number) that I know who don't have a mobi, often cause 'others' to do the struggling for them.

I don't have a mobile phone either, and I think I have survived fairly well.

Quoted from booboo

I don't have a mobile phone either, and I think I have survived fairly well.

Like I said, people that I know who don't have a mobi, often cause 'others' to do the struggling for them.

I have no need or time to struggle using a phone in the face of others. I just have a life and get on with it instead of whining.

Quite a few people don't have a mobile phone and seem to do fine without one.

It's certainly not a necessity even today, much like a car.

Quoted from user23.3

Quite a few people don't have a mobile phone and seem to do fine without one.

How do you know?

Quoted from user23.3

It's certainly not a necessity even today, much like a car.

Apart from shelter and food (and I never said a phone was a necessity), that could be said about anything.

Quoted from Greenham Common

How do you know?

I asked them.

Quoted from user23.3

I asked them.

They weren't sat in the alleyway of St Nick's Church by any chance?  

Quoted from Greenham Common

They weren't sat in the alleyway of St Nick's Church by any chance?  

Funny you should say that ...... I noticed the "Big Issue" woman was selling her mag. outside the Cornish Pasty Shop just before christmas and was talking to someone on her Iphone !!

Quoted from user23.3

Of course they do. It's not compulsory to own a car.

If one builds one's life so they they rely on the use of a car then that's their choice.

I think its compulsory to own a car in my position like many other people.

Quoted from Greenham Common

The exception doesn't disprove the rule, but the people (who are few in number) that I know who don't have a mobi, often cause 'others' to do the struggling for them.

Apparently some people find it annoying that they can't get hold of me, exactly at the moment they want too. This is normally to cover some trivial point which does not really need my immediate attention.

Having once had a mobile, I ceased when -
a) mobile phone provider cut me off when I was in dispute with them over the bill
b) I didn't miss ability to call or text people with banal trivialities

Quoted from 78

Apparently some people find it annoying that they can't get hold of me, exactly at the moment they want too. This is normally to cover some trivial point which does not really need my immediate attention.

Having once had a mobile, I ceased when -
a) mobile phone provider cut me off when I was in dispute with them over the bill
b) I didn't miss ability to call or text people with banal trivialities

My mobi has got me out of more than sticky situation, one of which pays for the phone many times over.

Back on subject again ........

Texaco in Thatcham are today asking 1.29/litre for unleaded and 1.32/litre diesel

Oh, and I wouldn't be without my mobile - particularly handy when you have kids.

Quoted from brian newman

I think its compulsory to own a car in my position like many other people.

Yes - it would be difficult to teach anyone to drive without one.  But I don' think it is compulsory for anyone to own a car.

Falkland Service Station  unleaded 130.9p this evening. Will we see 149.9p per litre before Easter?

Let's hope so, it might help keep more cars off the roads.

Quoted from user23.3

Let's hope so, it might help keep more cars off the roads.

If the Government start to see a drop off in tax revenue because people are not using cars so much they may have to start taxing the energy used whilst walking?  

Quoted from Cognosco

If the Government start to see a drop off in tax revenue because people are not using cars so much they may have to start taxing the energy used whilst walking?  

And I thought Bob Crowe's suggestion of taxing emails was ludicrous.

Quoted from user23.3

And I thought Bob Crowe's suggestion of taxing emails was ludicrous.

This Government will squeeze the stone to get the last drop you know? They told us it was going to hurt?  

Quoted from Cognosco

This Government will squeeze the stone to get the last drop you know? They told us it was going to hurt?  

I'm fairly sure Bob Crow will never be a member of the Government.

Quoted from user23.3

Let's hope so, it might help keep more cars off the roads.

Oh dear, everyone's favourite WUM is at it again.