fuel prices

Alex Salmond has said that Gordon Brown should come out of his bunker and introduce a major recovery package to counter recessionary pressures in the economy.

Commenting after more announcements of energy price rises, SNP Energy Spokesperson Mike Weir MP has called for urgent action from the UK Government to tackle fuel poverty and help the most vulnerable customers with rising energy costs.

Cllr John Mason has visited businesses in the East End of Glasgow with Cabinet Secretary John Swinney as they talk to businesses about the benefits of the SNP's Small Business Bonus scheme and the potential for a Fuel Price Regulator.

A survey of fuel prices shows that for a household filling even a modest car with a 30 litre tank, £25 per week or £100 per month is going to the UK Treasury in tax.

Speaking as yet more fuel protests took place in London, SNP Westminster Treasury spokesperson, Stewart Hosie MP, has urged MPs to back proposals for the introduction of a Fuel Duty Regulator which would provide relief for motorists and industry from soaring fuel prices.

Scottish Labour MPs have today been challenged to back proposals for the introduction of a Fuel Duty Regulator which would provide relief for motorists and industry from soaring fuel prices.

An SNP proposal which would see the introduction of a Fuel Duty Regulator, to provide relief for motorists and industry from soaring fuel prices, has received cross-industry backing in advance of a vote in the House of Commons next week.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) have repeated their support for the SNP’s Fuel Duty Regulator and are calling on MPs from all parties to back Stewart Hosie MP’s amendment when it is debated in the House of Commons next week.

A survey, released by the AA shows that people increasingly hold the UK Government responsible for high fuel prices and that the high cost of fuel could cost Gordon Brown his government.

Commenting on a warning by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks that significant increases in gas and electricity prices are "very, very likely" in the coming months, SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has called for a top level review of the energy market.