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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

UK pump prices at three-year low as fuel duty hike looms

Pumps at a petrol station in Liverpool
Unusually, the RAC backed reversing the duty cut, saying fuel retailers were not passing on savings to motorists. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Petrol and diesel pump prices in the UK have fallen to their lowest levels in nearly three years, but motorists should expect a first rise in fuel duty for 14 years in next month’s autumn statement.

According to the AA, the average price at petrol pumps dropped to 139.5p a litre on Wednesday for the first time since October 2021, four months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a global oil market rise.

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