Princes are as high as 162.9p-a-litre in Hull
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The Iran war has now forced up petrol prices by up to 20 per cent. A clickable map shows where motorists are being hit hardest by the conflict in the Middle East, including Hull and East Yorkshire.
Drivers are paying millions of pounds a day in extra fuel costs as the cost of unleaded petrol soared past the 150p-a-litre mark at the end of last week, with prices as high as 162.9p-a-litre in Hull.
As seen in our interactive map comparing petrol prices (below) in Hull, the price of petrol is up 14.71 per cent. On March 29, the average price of unleaded was 150.7p-a-litre, an increase of 19.4p since the war began.
The lowest price for petrol we’ve seen within five miles of Hull City Centre is Tesco Hall Road: 145.9p-a-litre for petrol and 172.9p-a-litre for diesel.
In some areas of the UK, the cost of unleaded petrol is 20 per cent higher today than it was five weeks ago.
It means the cost of filling up the average family car is £10.56 more than it was in the days before the US and Israel started bombarding Iran at the end of February.
Oliver Blake, who runs an independent petrol station at Oasis Services in Long Riston, East Yorkshire, previously explained why people are seeing petrol prices rapidly increase.
He explained his Jet-branded forecourt on the A165 is on weekly pricing from wholesalers, meaning prices are effective from Monday. However, forecourts which are on daily, or “spot” pricing, see rises filter through more quickly.
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Oliver said: “I’ve seen sites in Hull being slated for putting their prices up, but those sites are on spot pricing and nobody intentionally puts 20p on to kill their own business.
“But at the same time, it doesn’t make sense for them to absorb that because then they’re losing money, and for a retailer you’re talking pennies margin.”
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