Petition to remove 5% fuel duty for OAPs - C'mon Gordon!

Posted by: Johan Temmink on 6 May 2008 at 9:17pm

Would it be a good idea to lower the minimum order quantity to 400 litres instead of 500 litres?

I have asked Boilerjuice this question and they stated that because of goverment regulations they are not allowed to deliver less then 500 litres.

Can anyone shed a light on this please?

Posted by: Mrs Tina Winsor on 2 May 2008 at 4:42pm

As an OAP myself & having spent the last winter wrapped up in shawls & still receiving an electricity bill of £100 per month I decided to investigate the possibility of oil fired central heating as we have no gas mains here but I don't know if i could afford that either so I will have to get the shawls out next winter again.

Posted by: Jennifer Tracey on 1 May 2008 at 11:43am

Hello
We're looking at the rising cost of home heating oil on iPM, a weekly Radio 4 programme and blog that investigates stories sent in by listeners.

We received a couple of emails on this subject earlier in the week and are working on a story for Saturday 4 May, 5.30pm. It's been interesting to read the comments here and you are welcome to share your views on the iPM blog and let us know who you'd like to hear from on this.

You can read about it here on the iPM blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/04/rising_costs_of_home_heating_o.shtml

Thanks
Jennifer

Posted by: Michael Fenton on 23 Apr 2008 at 4:35pm

I recommend that every reader visits
THE 10 DOWNING STREET PETITIONS WEBSITE.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/NOHEATINGOILVAT/

and signs that petition. It is open until October 2008 and only has 48 signatures at present. They state that any petition with under 200 signatures will be ignored.

SO DO IT NOW.

Posted by: David Caldwell on 19 Apr 2008 at 9:05am

Living in a rural community we're being crucified by rocketing heating oil, petrol prices (with no public transport alternatives) food, house prices and Council tax bills for what can't remember last time I saw a police car, well not one without a speed camera!, Stagnant wages due to imigrant workers who are more than happy with our low wages and who are not putting very much of it back into the local economy. And where did this government get its inflation figures from? It will be remembered for taking the Great out of Britain. I do wish we had an alternative that wasn't out of touch.

Posted by: mc on 12 Apr 2008 at 12:29am

As a small oil distributor I have yet to see any significant
coverage of the pain my customers eldery or otherwise
are going through in the media.
As the price continues to rise 11% in a week ,so far, I wish
more coverage was given to the hundreds of thousands of
households that cannot get mains gas.
As to a solution I am at lost.
Commodity brokers have a nice day.

Posted by: BOB HOSKINS on 11 Apr 2008 at 10:43am

It never ceases to amaze me the number of e-mails received from people standing up for the Pensioners rights with regard to the 5% vat. on oil prices. When oil prices were £300 fo 900 litres the amount of vat was £15, now come on this would hardly take them off to spain for a week or or at the best put a few extra gallons in their oil tank. What needs to be dealt with is the real source of the problem OPEC and the oil rich producing countries who can hold the UK to ransome as they deliberately reduced the production and output of oil therefore resulting in the net cost haven risen on the oil markets. Have we short memories it was the USA/UK who went into Kuwait to remove Saddam at the time of the first Iraq war, and the UK received a promise from Kuwait that there would be a flow of oil at reduced prices for freeing their country from Saddam. What have we remembered from past experiences remember 1974 when the UK was on a 3 day week due to the Arab Nations switching off the oil. And Ted Heath then British Prime Minister, issuing Petrol Coupons, and public buildings churches etc had to lower the temp controls to I think 50 degrees. We need to act and deal with the source of the problem......I would like to hear from like minded people.

Posted by: Bob Southey on 11 Apr 2008 at 8:49am

Its not just the pensioners who are in fuel poverty, let this petition cover all those who are.

Posted by: Mavis Gray on 10 Apr 2008 at 8:47pm

I may be wrong,but I read somewhere that the Government is prevented by EU regulations from reducing the VAT on fuel prices. Please correct me if I am wrong

Posted by: T. Torode on 4 Apr 2008 at 10:50am

Heating Oil, Electricity, Petrol & Diesal, Water supply, Water waste and Council Tax are all going up above the amount which people on pensions and low incomes can afford to pay. The government does not seem to notice! They could, and it is imperative that they should, immediately! Whether it is by relief on taxes or increasing the basic pension, is immaterial!