Topic: Energy Prices

This article is published as part of the ONS Measuring National Well-being Programme. The programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. This article on ‘Personal Finance’ is part of a series which aims to explore in more detail the different domains that have been considered as important for the measurement of National Well-being. Personal Finance can have a significant impact on our sense of well-being, incomes that allow us to afford basic needs and requirements or be free of financial concerns can allow us to live happier lives.

This article examines the effect of duties on petrol and diesel on higher and lower income households.