A petition demanding government action on spiralling fuel costs has received the 100,000 signatures needed to trigger a Commons debate.

Away from the clamour in the chamber over the bowdlerisation of the NHS reforms, a group of MPs led by Robert Halfon convened in Westminster Hall earlier this afternoon to debate how rising fuel costs might be abated. Treasury minister Justine Greening attended for the government. With the average price of unleaded at 136.9p/litre and diesel at 141.5p/litre last month, fuel costs are now a major c...

Away from the clamour in the chamber over the bowdlerisation of the NHS reforms, a group of MPs led by Robert Halfon convened in Westminster Hall earlier this afternoon to debate how rising fuel costs might be abated. Treasury minister Justine Greening attended for the government. With the average price of unleaded at 136.9p/litre and diesel at 141.5p/litre last month, fuel costs are now a major c...

Rising fuel costs are "strangling the economy" and stopping people getting to work says Peter Carroll, who set up Fair Fuel UK.

DRIVERS face a rise in fuel costs today when a planned government fuel duty increase puts another 1p on the cost of a litre of petrol and diesel.

Heat pumps could be installed in the ground to cut fuel costs for residents in a plan between an energy firm and a local authority.

Chancellor's 2p a litre fuel duty increase could add £200 a year to family motoring costs Motoring organisations have slammed a surprise increase in fuel duty that could add £200 a year to family fuel costs. The chancellor imposed a 2p per litre rise in fuel duty from 1 September, as well as a £600m boost to car manufacturers by introducing a scrappage scheme. Alistair Darli...

I have just found out that bus fares in Edinburgh are going up to a whopping 1.50 per journey and 3.00 for a day ticket. Increases of 25% and 20% respectively, if memory serves correctly. And yet, the buses that I travel on are always more than 3/4s full, whether they are running day or night, weekday or weekend. I struggle to believe that fuel costs are increasing so exponentially that we need an...

He is in his seventies with a crippling disease and no relatives. A salesman has ‘sold’ him a solar heating system on the basis of exaggerated claims of savings in fuel costs. My constituent has signed a credit agreement that...

Energy companies must pass on reductions in fuel costs to customers or face government legislation to force them to do so, Harriet Harman warned today. Standing in for the prime minister at question time in the Commons, the leader of the house issued a clear message to energy companies that they must treat customers fairly. "They must pass on the price cuts to consumers … and if they don�...