Charlie Weston

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1,990 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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The Last Word with Matt Cooper · Government Expected To Make €1.67bn On Vat From Fuel · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

you know, th what's going on in the Middle East that gets gets passed down the line and we can you know we have to abs we end up having to absorb it.

So this is going to put real pressure on in the government for for the coming budget.

Uh you know, whether it's you know 'cause we're already seeing much higher health insurance, energy costs are way up in terms of petrol, diesel, electricity costs are up.

You know, there's a whole range of things

It seems to

Yeah.

It does.

And and you know, whether you're, you know, low income or middle income, squeeze middle, as they say, you know, y you really are feeling it in terms of everything.

And uh survey after survey shows the cost of living is the number one issue.

You know, it's closely followed by housing, but cost of living is the massive issue.

It's probably in the last couple of years, probably an extra two thousand euros at minimum has gone on for a typical family.

Some are some are paying more, you know.

Uh so it it look at there is a real issue here, it needs to be addressed.

Uh, you know, taxes are high, it's a high cost country, I know prices are very high, highest electricity costs, etcetera, but you know, people really are feeling it.

So, you know, come the autumn when we're back to school and people, you know, or p people are back from holidays, i yeah, i that could be a real crunch point for people.

Yeah, I mean, you know, the VAT on on on electricity, gas, petrol and diesel, you know, essentially on fuels, it's projected to be up about two hundred and thirty eight million this year, likely to hit one point six seven billion.

Um VAT had been kind of uh hadn't exactly been falling, but it hadn't been going up much, but it's way up.

And a lot of it's to do with fuel because fuel is more expensive because VAT on on many fuels is twenty.

three percent, particularly petrol and diesel.

It's you know it's the top standard rate it's called, but it's a top rate.

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