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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jonathan Prynn

Petrol price jumps nearly 3p per litre in a week to reach record 170.4p

Petrol prices rose by nearly 3p per litre over the past week, figures show (Peter Byrne/PA) (Picture: PA Archive)

Motorists were on Tuesday warned that fuel prices will rise inexorably towards £2 a litre as the oil price surged on a EU deal to block Russian oil imports.

Both petrol and diesel hit new forecourt highs on Monday but both fuels are expected to go sharply higher in the coming days.

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