The cost of living crisis has seen rising prices across a variety of industries. Simultaneously, energy, gas and food bills have all increased at a rapid rate with reasons cited including the Coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and supply chain issues.
Another necessity for millions of households which has also seen a steep rise in prices is fuel. The cost of both petrol and diesel has been steadily rising since the start of the year.
Many of us have had to cut the amount of time we spend travelling in a bid to reduce how much of our money is being spent filling up our tanks. On the Gov.uk website, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy regularly publish road fuel price statistics, providing average UK retail ‘pump’ prices on a weekly basis.
