Owners of diesel vehicles have been hit by the third biggest monthly rise in fuel prices on record. The RAC said the average price of a litre of diesel at UK forecourts rose by more than 10p per litre in October.
This added more than £5 to the cost of filling a typical 55 litre family car. Diesel started the month at 180.4p per litre and ended it at 190.5p per litre.
The only two months on record with larger increases were March (22p) and June (16p). The average price of petrol rose by nearly 4p per litre last month, from 162.7p to 166.4p.
