There could be another fuel series of fuel protests as prices soar and Gordon Brown puts up the fuel duty. I first warned about this on this blog a couple of weeks ago. Then Motor Transport disclosed that major companies are planning a protest, possibly a go-slow. Now the trade associations have finally caught up.
Roger King of the RHA says:"This record breaking price for crude oil will inevitably mean that we will see a dramatic rise in the price for petrol and diesel.” He adds:” it is vital that the Chancellor places a freeze on the 2 pence per litre fuel duty increase scheduled for the beginning of October. There can now be no argument that the imposition of this increase is completely unjustifiable.”
That sounds good but what are they going to do? Many hauliers suspect that they will do nothing. The group behind the original fuel protesters is now putting pressure on the RHA to do something. The RHA has to be careful. There is talk of protesters forming a break-away group, splitting the association.
Fuel costs and the return to fuel tax increases are going to fuel more renewed protests.
The Freight Transport Assocaiton (FTA) has a guide to fuel price increases.