Average price hit 147.94p a litre on Sunday, up by 30p over the past yearUK diesel prices have reached a record high at the pumps, one week after petrol prices hit their highest ever level in a blow to hard-hit households and small businesses.About 12….
UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty replacement considered
Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric carsRoad pricing is seen as a fairer possible system to raise revenue than fuel duty and motoring taxes, thinktank research has found.The switch to el…
UK faces ‘grim winter’ with households already paying £442 extra in bills
Analysts warn cost of living crisis is gathering pace amid fast rises in petrol, food and energy billsWatch out for hidden ‘shrinkflation’ price hikes, analysts warnRising inflation ‘could trigger global sell-off that would harm UK’Households face a “p…
‘It was war’: school-run parents tackle petrol crisis traffic chaos
Residents set up traffic patrol to challenge drivers forming long polluting queues near London schoolBounds Green primary school sits on a road so busy it has a bridge for a pedestrian crossing. Even on a good day the air is acrid, suffused by mephitic…
UK petrol prices are closing in on all-time high, warns RAC
Cost per litre nears the record 142.48 set in April 2012, stoked by global demand outpacing supply rather than UK fuel shortagePetrol prices could reach all-time highs before Christmas, the RAC warned, signalling “misery” for motorists still reeling fr…
Two in three UK firms expect to raise prices in Christmas run-up, poll finds
BCC warning comes as Greggs flags price pressures amid surge in fuel and energy costsNearly two-thirds of UK manufacturers expect to raise their prices in the run-up to Christmas after being hit by mounting cost pressures, a leading employers’ group ha…
The lesson of the fuel crisis? Hell hath no fury like a lorry driver scorned | Zoe Williams
Whether you consider the petrol blockades of 2000 or this year’s anger over shortages, it’s clear that farmers and hauliers are genius protestersI remember the last petrol crisis, in 2000, although when I say “remember” I mean I was there – I have very…
Bringing in the army won’t halt petrol crisis, says fuel industry boss
Business chiefs accuse ministers of being ‘missing in action’ amid growing backlash against governmentMinisters have been told that petrol queues in some parts of the country have become worse and army help will not relieve the problem, amid a growing …
UK business confidence ‘falls off a cliff’, as fuel crisis enters second week – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, and the UK’s supply chain crisisUK business confidence collapses as fears of ‘stagflation’ growNearly half of UK’s independent petrol stations still lack fuelBritain facing mass cull of pigs d…
Nearly half of UK’s independent petrol stations still lack fuel
Petrol Retailers Association say fuel is being bought faster than it is getting restockedNearly half of all independently owned petrol stations in the UK were still dry or out of one type of fuel on Thursday, as motorists continued to panic buy and sol…