The North East is one of the cheapest places in the UK to fill your car up, figures reveal.
However that is a bit of an empty boast as fuel prices continue to soar. Experts warned MPs this week that petrol prices could soar to £2.50 a litre while diesel could hit £3 as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Figures from data firm Experian Catalist show the average cost of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Monday was 163.7p.
This takes the cost of filling a typical 55-litre family car with petrol above £90 for the first time. The average cost of a litre of diesel on Monday was a record 173.7p.
