Cost of living prices have rocketed during recent months leaving families having to choose between keeping warm and being fed.
People have also complained about having to deal with not being able to get from A to B due to the increasing cost of petrol and diesel.
The soaring cost of driving is becoming a national crisis according to the RAC, meaning drivers passed a milestone today's the price of a standard tank of petrol has passed £100 for the fist time.
Read more: Cheapest places for diesel and petrol as fuel prices hit record highs
A 55-litre tank of fuel is now costing £100.27p while the same amount of diesel is costing £103.43, both have reached record highs
Petrol is 182.31p a litre on average today which is 1.5p up from yesterday and diesel now costs 188.05p per litre this is a rise of 1.4p in 24 hours.
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said the average price of petrol crossing the "thoroughly depressing threshold of £100 a tank" meant it was "a truly dark day" for drivers.
He went on: "There's almost certainly going to be upward inflationary pressure, which is bad news for everybody. While fuel prices have been setting new records on a daily basis, households up and down the country may never have expected to see the cost of filling an average-sized family car reach three figures."
How do you feel about the rise in fuel prices? Tell us what you're doing to cope with the rising price of the pumps.