Motoring groups lashed out at PM Boris Johnson for failing to increase his “paltry” cut in fuel duty as the price of filling up an average family car topped £100.
Prices leapt again today, with unleaded up by 1.58p to 182.31p a litre and diesel by 1.48p to 188.05p, but some motorway forecourts are already charging more than £2 a litre.
Calling it a “dark day”, the RAC’s fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the Treasury was raking it in due to the price rises, taking 53p per litre in fuel duty and 30p in VAT.
