ROBERTSON AND LOCHHEAD HIT OUT AT SPIRALLING FUEL COSTS  

SNP MP for Moray, Angus Robertson and SNP MSP Richard Lochhead have called on the UK Government to reconsider its fuel duty escalator planned for April 2010 as the petrol prices soar across Scotland. They also highlighted the higher petrol prices which motorists are subjected to in rural Moray.   According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), average petrol prices across the UK rose by 2.9p to 108.3p a litre in November – but in parts of rural Scotland, the price has risen to as much as 115p per litre. In many areas of Moray prices are again nudging 110p per litre and above for petrol and diesel.  Mr Robertson and Mr Lochhead, along with SNP colleagues, have long campaigned for an overhaul of the current fuel taxation system, which discriminates against rural Scotland in particular with fuel being a necessity and not a luxury. The...