We face petrol prices rising yet again and the press have been relatively quiet on this huge problem. Rural areas such as ours are always penalised heavily as the cost of petrol and diesel rises. The Government has the opportunity in the Budget of removing the next rise in fuel duty which could well tip the price over the £1.20 per litre level.
Most people in Ludlow Constituency cannot use public transport to get to work, buy their food, visit friends and family as people in urban areas can. Haulage and movement of goods relies on vans and lorries. We have less services and more expense. Successive Governments have refused to find a way to help compensate us for the extra costs we face.
Just for once Mr Darling should take advice from Vince Cable who recommends that each household in sparsely populated areas such as ours should pay HALF the car tax paid by others. This would be a start towards helping rural areas. Labour and its Civil Servants will say that it’s too difficult and I doubt the Conservatives would pledge this for us either. It’s time, we in areas like ours, won something from our Political masters.