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Originally Posted by arcamalpha2004
Almost a pound of every litre of fuel is tax.
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While fuel duty is extremely high in the UK, its not quite that high yet.
The below is quoted from :
http://www.petrolprices.com/fuel-tax.html
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On 1 April 2009 the duty rate for unleaded petrol and diesel was icreased by 1.84 ppl to 54.19p per litre and again on 1 September 2009 by 2 ppl to reach the current level of 56.19 per litre. These rates will be increased further on 1 April 2010 to 2013 by 1% above inflation each year.
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