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UK average diesel pump price hits £2 per litre for first time
RAC figures show the average pump price reached 200.01p, leaving a typical family car fill-up at £110 and adding pressure on households and businesses.
- Diesel prices have surged above £2 per litre in the UK for the first time, with the RAC reporting a record 200.01p per litre as supply constraints from the Middle East continue disrupting global fuel markets.
- The Iran war closed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transport route, and severely disrupted crude production and transportation over seven months, causing Brent prices to surge from around $73 a barrel to about $120 in April.
- Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries have reduced global refined product output, leaving diesel supply constrained; Belgium and the Netherlands jointly provide more than a third of UK imports to compensate.
- The RAC's Simon Williams said price rises are "showing no signs of slowing, heaping more misery onto motorists," with filling an average diesel car now costing £110, nearly £32 more than when the conflict began.
- Analysis of the Government Fuel Finder service shows forecourts along motorways charging far more than £2, though the UK average remains lower; supply pressures are expected to persist as tensions resurface.
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