All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands

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Fri 25 Nov 2011 16:52
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - RT

Good news for islanders and their visitors is that fuel duty has been cut by 5p/litre on the Scottish Islands, ie Northern Isles, Western Isles, Inner Hebrides, Clyde Islands as well as on the Scilly Isles.

The differential has been approved by Europe and starts in March 2012.

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Fri 25 Nov 2011 17:43
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - Zuave

It's a start. Should bring us to within 10-13 pence of mainland city prices ( supermarket filling stations usually). I just hope that the filling stations don't "sneak" the price up before the cut comes in sometime March 2012 to negate the reduction!

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 10:51
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - sirionman

No sympathy. Why are you a special case?

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 11:32
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - RT

No sympathy. Why are you a special case?

There's no fuel competition to keep prices down on the islands AND they have to pay much more for delivery as it's mostly delivered by coastal tanker rather than by road.

The island economies need support because they have little industry and are depopulating, unlike anywhere else in the UK.

As fuel will also be less expensive for visitors, it'll help their tourist industry

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 11:41
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - Ethan Edwards

I too have some sympathy for your case but it's rather muted by the ripoff prices and utter ruin imposed on England by 13 years of your Scottish politicians.

The so called West Lothian Question.

So is your duty cut paid for by even higher prices and taxes for us muppets dahn sarf? Little wonder Scottish independence is more popular here (with your cash cow taxpayers) in England than in Scotland.

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 14:12
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - RT

The West Lothian Question doesn't come into it - fuel duty is set across the whole of the UK rather than just England. This move does introduce a two-tier rate but applies to English islands like the Scillies as well.

The Scottish politician who wrecked the UK economy may have been elected as a Scottish constituency MP but it was his party's block vote system that appointed him as unelected Prime Minister.

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 14:57
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - barney100

Good for the Scottish Islanders, they can get to the free university places much more cheaply now and the free parking at hospitals too.

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Thu 15 Dec 2011 16:38
All - Fuel duty cut for Scottish Islands - RT

they can get to the free university places much more cheaply now and the free parking at hospitals too.

Because the Scottish Government diverts funds from elsewhere within Scotland to pay for those - the formula used for deriving the total Scottish budget, based on population, still uses the same Barnett formula that's been used since 1979.

The Barnett formula is also used to determine budgets for Wales, Northern Ireland and all the single tier local authorities in England

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