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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Anna Wise

Diesel on ‘crash course’ to 170p a litre while petrol up 10p on pre-Iran war

The average price of petrol at UK forecourts was 142.3p a litre on Tuesday (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Petrol prices are now 10p higher than before the Iran war escalated, and diesel costs have shot up by 20p a litre, according to new figures.

The RAC said prices at the pump were “really starting to hurt drivers” as they continue to rise amid the conflict in the Middle East.

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