Fuel duty and VAT

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Obviously it can be avoided by not buying anything, but the definition of essentials varies by person.

It's regressive in the sense that someone on £20k a year who needs to run a car pays the same rate as someone on £200k a year who needs to run a car.

Thats another debate altogether though.

The green initiative is to reduce the number of people using cars and have more efficient boilers and better insulation, what a coincidence everything is going up and people are starting to be priced out of car ownership?