Quentin Willson is one of Britain’s best-known motoring authorities. He spent over a decade presenting BBC's Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and was largely responsible for bringing the once scandalously high prices of new cars in the UK down to the same level as the rest of Europe. He is the lead spokesmen for FairFuelUK and works closely with the team behind the fight for lower fuel prices called Peter Carroll Associates  

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2013 (34)

May (5)

Quentin Willson's Column in Sunday Mirror about the Oil Pricing Issue
'Rip-off fuel prices are hurting millions of UK motorists at a difficult time.' Robert Halfon MP for FairFuelUK
FairFuelUK have said all along that Oil Speculators are involved in the HIGH cost of Petrol and Diesel
Its taken European investigators to act on something that I and FairFuelUK spent months warning the Government about
Are Diesel and Petrol Prices being rigged?

April (4)

Nurses have to raise money to fill their tanks in order to visit sick cancer patients
Reaction to Prime Minister’s Comments on Fuel Duty - FairFuelUK
Treasury Wants Further Dialogue with FairFuelUK
Proof that we have reached a point where consumers have had enough

March (10)

A Post Budget Message to FairFuelUK Supporters: Taking Stock
Still more campaigning work to convince the Government. But the door is open to FairFuelUK...
Quentin Willson writes in the Sunday Mirror following the Budget:
FairFuelUK's Budget Reaction
The RHA and the APN call for a BUDGET cut in Fuel Duty
Quentin WIllson's thoughts on the eve of the Spring Budget
Let the Chancellor Know Your Anxiety about the Level of Fuel Duty and High Fuel Prices
Our ‘Cut Fuel Duty Lobby Day’ in Westminster……
40 MPs sign Letter in the Times to support FairFuelUK's call for a Budget cut in Fuel Duty
RAC Foundation Report Vindicates FairFuelUK’s Call For Urgent Action On Fuel Duty In March Budget

February (8)

FairFuelUK stepping up the Campaign for a cut in Fuel Duty
Email your MP through FairFuelUK
FairFuelUK Calls the Chancellor to Slash Fuel Duty as the UK Loses AAA Rating
Chancellor Needs to Take Decisive Action in March Budget as Petrol/Diesel Prices Soar
3 times more want a cut in fuel duty over re-introduction of a 10p income tax rate
14p per litre Fuel Duty cut or the re-introduction of the 10p Income Tax Rate?
Why a $11 hike when oil inventories are plentiful and demand low?
FairFuelUK Backs MP's Motion for OFT Fuel Investigation. BUT a Cut in Fuel Duty is the Main Aim

January (7)

Fairfueluk’s Massive Disappointment in OFT Findings and Recommendations
FairFuelUK Calls on Office of Fair Trading to Act
News that we may be hit by a 4p per litre rise in the next few weeks
This is a $20 trillion casino with thousands of players betting on rising numbers.
New FairFuelUK Backer: Assoc of Pallet Networks & £8m per week of diesel costs
10p a litre rise at our pumps could push diesel over the dreaded £1.50 mark again
CUT FUEL TAXES FOR ALL – DON’T TINKER AT THE EDGES

2012 (124)

December (2)

Great result in the Autumn Statement: Jan Fuel Duty Hike Cancelled
RAC and FairFuelUK poll shows urgent need to scrap 3p fuel duty rise in run up to Christmas

November (4)

My Letter to all MPs: Cut Fuel Duty for Growth. The Proof. Quentin Willson
What is the Social Impact of High Fuel Prices: FairFuelUK & The RAC needs your input
Cost of motoring creates three million ‘ghost cars’
Only 8 Weeks to the 3p/Litre Tax Hike on Petrol & Diesel. Please Email your MP to Scrap this Crippling Tax Rise

October (4)

Why I believe the Treasury are listening to our cut Fuel Duty for economic growth arguments : Quentin Willson
FairFuelUK meets Danny Alexander and top Tax Treasury Officials reference Fuel Duty & UK Economic Growth
Treasury asks to meet FairFuelUK to discuss Fuel Duty and its role in Economic Growth
FairFuelUK: £1.3 billion lost in Fuel Duty due to lower fuel consumption and high prices

September (11)

FairFuelUK Campaigns for All Tax to be shown on Fuel Receipts
FairFuelUK Launches Biggest ever Invitation to the British Public and Business Community for Evidence of ‘Rip Off’ Petrol/Diesel Prices
FairFuelUK is cited positively by MPs and Ministers in the House of Commons
Together we are slowly changing the mechanics of fuel duty and making oil pricing more transparent
FairFuelUK: Bank of England will expand its inquiry into interest rate rigging to include the oil price
FairFuelUK Welcomes Parliaments Resolve to Tackle Petrol/Diesel Price ‘Rigging'
FairFuelUK hands over 27,000 signatures to Robert Halfon MP for his Commons Debate into Fuel Price Fixing
STATEMENT FROM A WHISTLE-BLOWER (an oil trader)
FairFuelUK gets the OFT Inquiry their supporters have campaigned for...Press Coverage
The RHA issue a common sense message to MP Candidates in by-elections
FairFuelUK welcomes Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Inquiry into Fuel Pricing

August (11)

The French have outsmarted the UK
FAIRFUELUK URGES UK GOVT TO FOLLOW FRENCH LEAD AND CUT FUEL TAXES TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH
There's another issue that nobody talks about and that's the social damage of high fuel taxes
Tax Payers Alliance and the Petrol Retailers Association follow FairFuelUK in fighting for a freeze in fuel duty
Oil Prices have got nothing to do with supply and demand and everything to do with speculators
Here's a tiny example of how oil prices can be hiked up in a single hour. Quentin Willson FairFuelUK
UK Growth Stagnant at Zero Percent - A Fuel Duty Cut will stimulate the Economy - FFUK has proof
Aldermore: The Company and why its wholeheartedly backing FFUK
Palletline: our company and why we are warmly backing FairFuelUK
Cutting Fuel Duty will stimulate the UK economy. FairFuelUK
Quentin WIllson the price of a barrel of crude oil isn't determined by supply and demand, but by Fund Managers

July (10)

Foolhardy? No, idealistic in our aim for fair fuel pricing for all.
Clearly the oil market is manipulated. It is well past time some began the Herculean task of taking on the oil gang and all their vested hangers-on.
FairFuelUK Demands Investigation in Oil Speculation as Pump Prices Rise
Oil Speculators. I told you they have been fiddling prices!
FairFuelUk says - Name, Shame and Prosecute Oil Price Exploiters - NOW!
FAIR FUEL FIGHT NOT OVER YET SAYS MP. People Power will continue to win this war
RHA Analysis – the decision to abandon the 3.02 pence a litre fuel duty increase planned for August 1 2012
FairFuelUK would welcome an investigation into the supply of petrol & diesel
You’ve seen what we can achieve with 300,000 supporters. Think what we could achieve with a Million!
Fair fuel victory for our campaign : Todays Sunday Mirror

June (23)

A personal thank you from Quentin WIllson
A Big thank you to FairFuelUK Supporters
FairFuelUK Reaction to 3p Rise Being Scrapped: Big Thanks to FFUK Supporters
RHA welcomes Chancellor’s pain relief measure.
FairFuelUK Meets With Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Labour support of FairFuelUK call to scrap 3p Fuel Duty: The Sun
Let's all contact No 10 to urge the Prime Minister to intervene to Scrap the 3p Fuel Duty Rise
FairFuelUK Reaction to Labour Party Urging Scrapping of August 3p Duty Rise
BBC Southeast covers FairFuelUK campaign to scrap 3p Fuel Duty Hike
Prime Minister wants to scrap 3p Fuel Duty Rise
50 MPs openly declare support to scrap 3p Fuel Duty rise. June 19th
Treasury should set up a fuel stabiliser that protects the UK economy
"$110 is not a threat to the world economic growth", OPEC Secretary General Abdullah Al-Badry said Friday
48 MPs who will vote to scrap the August 3p/litre Fuel Duty Rise
UK Remains the Champions of the Govt Fuel Duty league in Europe
3 million pensioners back the FairFuelUK Campaign to scrap August 3p duty rise
45 MPs now declaring support for Scrapping 3p Fuel Duty Rise planned for August
Please help to fund the fight for lower fuel prices
8 out 10 FairFuelUK Supporters not satisfied with their MP response to high fuel prices
China slashes fuel prices to boost demand. Why can't the UK do the same?
42 MPs now support scrapping the 3p Fuel Duty Rise
40 MPs back scrapping 3p Fuel Duty: The SUN June 5th
Nadine Dorries MP: "The Chancellor must cancel Augusts 3p increase in fuel duty"

May (15)

"Petrol & Diesel Prices - The Government are the Main Culprits" Quentin Willson
MPs who will vote against the August Fuel Duty rise is slowly growing
Fuel Duty Hike - Where does your MP stand?
Fuel Prices Debate in Parliament:Chloe Smith Finance Minister, still misses the GROWTH point!!!
Conservative MP Robert Halfon: has managed to secure a debate about the impact of Fuel Duty
Dont be fooled by lower fuel prices: Quentin Willson
Time to see where your MP stands on Fuel Duty. You can help to find out!
The SUN continues to highlight FairFuelUK's damning fuel price survey findings
Help us double our number of supporters to get the Govt to sit up and listen
Government 'blamed for fuel prices'
FFUK's Indisputable Survey Results in Sun Editorial - May 8th
Quentin Willson's take on political arrogance
25,000 Completed FairFuelUK Survey in 3 days
FairFuelUK Backers call for "Scrap fuel duty rise" : Times Letter 3rd May
Take part in the largest survey of opinion on MP's disconnect re Fuel Prices

April (7)

FairFuelUK supporter, Robert Halfon MP, talks a lot of sense in today's Independent
Government still planning to put up petrol & diesel by 16p a gallon - help us stop this economic madness
FAIRFUELUK REACTS TO TANKER DISPUTE NEWS
UK Diesel price 2nd highest in the whole of Europe - Sunday Times
Leadership, what leadership? You couldn't make it up.
The final word on direct action from the founder of FairFuelUK
Direct Action - FairFuelUK's position

March (14)

I told the Chancellor this would happen. Petrol at £1.40 per litre
Campaigners Anger at no change in petrol and diesel prices : Budget Disaster
Poll Confirms Fuel Duty Cut is the People's Choice for Budget Priority
I've just filled my car with the most expensive diesel ever - Quentin Willson
Budget Day Should be "Cut Fuel Duty Day"
Three-quarters of voters want fuel duty slashed in the Budget
Have you worked out what the government actually collects when you fill your tank?
15 telling comments out of the thousands sent in by supporters of FairFuelUK about high fuel prices
Please act now to put pressure on the Chancellor
The first "National FairFuel Day was a huge success" Quentin Willson
National FairFuel Day - Hundreds turn out on rain drenched Westminster
Daily Express supports National FairFuel Day & FairFuelUK
Join Mass Tweet on Wed March 7th for lower Petrol & Diesel Prices
The highest Fuel Duty in the EU. UK top of the league table

February (16)

Chloe Smith informed by FairFuelUK Fuel Duty Cut would create 180,000 jobs
Osborne says UK run out of money for Fuel Duty Cut.: Daily Mail
Diesel hits record £1.50: The Sun
Sun Poll: Brits plead: Help on fuel now will get massive snub!
Fury as Tories REFUSE to cut petrol duty just as prices soar: Sunday Mirror
Another 3 Experiences of High Fuel Prices sent to FairFuelUK by supporters.
Another Experience of High Fuel Prices sent to FairFuelUK.
Osborne rules out Fuel Duty Cuts in BUDGET.
"Why don't our politicians react with the same determination and strength?" Quentin Willson
SUN highlights FairFuelUK's National FairFuel Day March 7
Daily Express highlights £7.50 Gallon & supports National FairFuel Day March 7th
Iran, Europe, Fuel Prices, Lobby your MP with ME on March 7th to Cut Duty
We are demanding an urgent cut in fuel taxes. NOW!
Daily Express backs National FairFuel Day March 7th
Quentin Willson on how FairFuelUK is influencing Parliament
Robert Halfon MP explains "Why we should all support FairFuelUK"

January (7)

£7 per gallon in days. Daily Express
Message from Peter Carroll founder of FairFuelUK
Shenanigans in Iran mean that wholesale prices have increased by 4.5p a litre.
The 'steepest and fastest' rise in wholesale diesel prices ever seen
DIESEL costs could hit new record highs by February
Peter Carroll of FairFuelUK has been recognised by the voice of the road freight industry in the UK
A Policeman cant afford to go to work due to price of petrol

2011 (83)

December (6)

Iran & a global Banking group affecting what we pay at the pumps
FairFuelUK's Robert Halfon MP acknowledged in 2011 Sun's top Business Stories
LATEST YouGov Poll highlights Public's worry over Fuel Prices. The Sun
Quentin Willson: Sunday Mirror 18th December
Speculators are back buying oil, crude is up because of Iran
This has been a significant victory for lots of reasons

November (19)

"A Victory for FairFuelUK but only a Stay of Execution" - Quentin Willson FairFuelUK
5000 Complete FairFuelUK Survey in just 3 hours from going live
Quentin's Sunday Mirror Comment on FairFuelUK
This e-petition has received the following response from the Government
How fuel prices are causing inflation and widening the poverty gap. The Telegraph
Peter Carroll's Comment in the Daily Express today about THE DEBATE
What the Press say - Day after FairFuelUK DEBATE
Robert Halfon MP's opening to the FairFuelUK Debate in Parliament Nov 15th
Daily Express Backs FairFuelUK Campaign
9 out of 10 of us can barely afford to drive - Daily Express
85% want to see a fuel duty freeze. FairFuelUK is campaigning for a cut
MPs that have signed up to support FairFuelUK Motion November 15th so far
100 MPs Challenge Government over next year's 33p Fuel Duty Rise
Economic Armageddon the like of which we've never seen before
The cost of petrol and oil: How it breaks down - BBC Article
Encourage your MP to attend the Commons debate on lowering fuel prices - Nov 15th
FairFuelUK Commons Debate hotting up - Daily Telegraph 2nd Nov
Parliament has listened. FairFuelUK has its Commons debate on 15th November
FairFuelUK in Parliament

October (13)

10,000 Frustrated FairFuelUK Supporters eMail Parliament over the weekend
The SUN questions Parliament "Why ignore 100,000 ePetition for FairFuelUK debate?"
Parliament is not listening to you - FairFuelUK
To the PM "Give the people the debate on fuel duty AS PROMISED" - FairFuelUK
FFUK Status
People's Petition on Cuts in Petrol & Diesel Duty WILL BE Debated in Parliament
There is a crucial meeting in the House of Commons tomorrow, 11th October 2011
Mr FairFuelUK Robert Halfon MP talking sense on fuel prices
Drivers stung by high fuel prices have cut petrol use by 15 per cent
Foreign truckers go 220 miles for free
Supermarkets and Economists Back Fuel Duty Cut
George Osborne and Fuel Prices. The Sun 1st Oct 2011. Eve of Conference
100,000 sign fuel costs e-petition

September (12)

FAIRFUELUK FIGHTS CASE FOR FUEL DUTY CUT AT LABOUR CONFERENCE
Message sent to 200,000 FFUK Supporters
FairFuelUK at the Liberal Democrats Conference
Nick Clegg says "I don't know" to how the economy will cope with 2 more duty rises
NEWS RELEASE FROM ROBERT HALFON MP - Petrol Prices Through the Roof, as Banks Hoard Strategic Oil Stocks
Cheap oil, hoarded by speculators on tankers at sea, and then wait for the price to rise
Centre for Political Studies urges everyone to sign up to FairFuelUK Petition
A Cut in Fuel Duty Will Generate Real Jobs
Reasons why we have to sign up to the FairFuelUK petitions
lovemoney.com looks at fuel prices worldwide: Venezuela: Caracas – 2/3p per litre
Terry Leahy directly blamed recent catastrophic falls in retail sales on the cost of fuel
Electricity, gas and petrol prices outstrip the NHS, unemployment, cuts, crime, and tuition fees, as voters' top concern

August (11)

"Don't blame high fuel costs on the oil companies. What about the speculators??"
35p+ per gallon increase in Fuel duty planned for 2012. ? FAIRNESS
Cut Fuel tax - Quentin Willsons e-petition reminder in the Sunday Mirror 21st Aug
The SUN Backs FairFuelUK ePetition to get MPs to debate Lowering Fuel Prices
This week another raft of proof that high fuel prices are hurting
FairFuelUK e-petition in the SUN : Fuel Duty = two thirds of green taxes
Oil Prices fall but Petrol does not. Peter Carroll of FairFuelUK talks to the Sunday Times
Quentin Willson's plea in his Sunday Mirror article to sign up to the FFUK e-Petition
BBC interview FairFuelUK
Fuel prices are bankrupting businesses. PROOF! PROOF! PROOF!
Letter to the Times "Fuel the economy" 3rd August 2011

July (12)

FairFuelUK on BBC Radio 4 "You and Yours"
FairFuelUK Calls for Cut in Fuel Duty as Growth Stalls
Mr FairFuel MP asks more fuel price questions to the Leader of the House of Commons
MPS Take letter to No 10 via pushing a car (Video)
MPs take Fuel Price fight to No 10
The MPs who will push a car to Downing Street in support of lower fuel prices - Whitehall Tues 12th July 2011 9AM
£637.8million hit to the treasury in lost taxes.
MPs LITERALLY ‘PUSH' FOR LOWER PETROL AND DIESEL PRICES
Fuel Tax – Proof That The More Fuel Duty Increases , The Less Money The Treasury Makes
Fuel Smuggling. Mr FairFuel asks another question about Fuel Prices in the Commons
Mr FairFuel asks Church Commissioner about Fuel Prices and effect on Charity work
The impact on Police and nurses

June (5)

FairFuelUK on Prime Ministers Questions
Misleading pump prices: Showed £1.37.9 but John paid £1.43
Sales in Tesco stores had been significantly reduced by high fuel costs
MPs Call for End to Great Petrol/Diesel Rip Off
Debate in the Commons on High Fuel Prices

May (5)

This Summer we may see slightly lower petrol and diesel prices - for a bit - but it won't last
Just like ‘It's The Economy Stupid' – ‘It's Fuel Stupid'
Quentin Willson Challenges Government – Oil Price Down, Fuel Stays UP!
Urgent meeting with the Prime Minister
FAIRFUELUK CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON PETROL AND DIESEL PRICES