Retailers have reported staff at working at petrol stations across the UK have seen a surge in verbal abuse over high fuel prices. Drivers are now being urged to not take their anger out on forecourt workers..
It comes as families up and down the nation are struggling under the pressures of soaring household, energy and fuel prices amid the cost of living crisis. Despite a drop in wholesale costs, motorists are continuing to be hit by increasing fuel prices, Wales Online reports.
According to new figures from data firm Experian, the average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a new high of 191.4p on Thursday (June 30) - almost £2 - while diesel topped 199.1p. Supermarket fuel retailers have also stopped cutting pump prices to encourage customers into their stores, motorists were warned.
