Supermarkets cut petrol prices
Does anyone else remember the Government’s announcement last year that it was to introduce a pilot scheme to give a discount on fuel duty of up to 5p per litre on petrol and diesel in island communities? EU competition rules aside, was the pilot scheme a success and has it been rolled out elsewhere?
According to Defra’s the cost of fuel in rural areas report (March 2012) Government will continue to consider options for action. Whilst the Rural Statement recognised the high cost of road fuel, it didn’t set out what Government would be doing to tackle this issue.
Whilst this piece in the Independent will be welcomed by many car drivers, with some supermarket petrol stations reducing costs by 2p per litre, I’m not sure how the price war will benefit rural residents, many of whom are living in ‘fuel deserts’.