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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jack Abela

Why have petrol prices soared in 2022 and will they ever go back down?

Petrol prices have rapidly increased over the last six months, setting record highs at the beginning of July.

At the start of the month prices reached amounts of 191.53p for petrol and 199.07p for diesel, making a full tank of petrol the most expensive it has ever been.

Average prices have now reduced slightly, but are nowhere near the costs they were at the start of this year.

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