Long queues formed at the petrol station at Costco this afternoon as fuel prices hit a record high.
Pictures showed lines of cars waiting to fill up at the wholesaler on Trafford Park on Saturday. Queues trailed from the forecourts, winding along Central Avenue to the roundabout near the Asda supermarket.
These scenes have been familiar over recent days, after the wholesaler was named as one of the cheapest places to go for fuel in the region. According to the RAC, June saw a new record monthly rise in petrol prices in the UK.
The data showed that the average cost of a litre of fuel in the UK rose by 16.6p last month - a rise from 174.8p to 191.4p. It's the highest recorded monthly increase since 2000.
It means that the average cost of filling a typical 55-litre family petrol car has risen by more than £9. Meanwhile, average diesel prices rose by 15.6p per litre, landing at 199.1p at the end of the month.
The RAC noted that higher petrol prices were to be expected at the start of June due to the rise in wholesale prices relating to the war in Ukraine. However, five consecutive weeks of falling wholesale costs have not been reflected at UK forecourts.
The organisation’s fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “The rate at which pump prices have been rising over the last four weeks is hard to comprehend. Not a day in June went by when petrol prices didn’t go up, even though the price retailers pay to buy in fuel went down.
“There’s no doubt that drivers are getting an incredibly raw deal at the pumps at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is being felt ever more acutely.” Mr Williams added: "The silence from the Treasury when it comes to supporting drivers through this time of record-high pump prices is, frankly, deafening.
“Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it’s benefiting significantly from the increased VAT revenue caused by the high prices. We badly need the Government to go beyond just vague words and instead actually implement a clear package of financial support to show they’re on the side of drivers.”
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