Fuel prices soar again
Fuel prices have soared to their highest levels of the year - with drivers forking out up to 109.9p a litre at pumps in Stafford.
Fuel prices have soared to their highest levels of the year - with drivers forking out up to 109.9p a litre at pumps in Stafford.
Motorists are facing tough times across the borough with the most expensive garage being SK Services, on Cannock Road in Brocton, which is selling unleaded for 108.9p and diesel for 109.9p
Average UK prices at the pumps are now 107.14p a litre - beating the previous 2009 high of 107.03p a litre on September 9.
Diesel is also at its highest price of the year - averaging 108.40p a litre.
UK petrol prices had fallen to 104.97p a litre by October 11, with diesel at 105.96p, before starting to climb again.
Although prices across the borough are mostly below the average UK price, drivers still face paying some of the highest costs for petrol they have seen this year.
The Express & Star checked the pump prices at several local garages with the cheapest petrol in the Stafford area looking to be the Esso Service Station on Lammascote Road which is selling unleaded petrol for 102.9p and diesel for 104.9p.
Asda supermarket in Stafford is selling unleaded at 103.9p and diesel at 105.9p while Tesco Extra on Newport Road is selling unleaded at 104.9p and diesel at 105.9p
Morrisons in Stone is charging 104.9p for unleadead and 105.9p for diesel.
The AA has said petrol prices are now at their highest level of the year.
This means that a tank of petrol now costs on average nearly £1.10 more than it did two weeks ago.
AA Public Affairs head Paul Watters said: "With the rise in wholesale prices slowing and the price of oil falling back, the AA is hoping that this is yet another spike in the pump price that will drop back.
"However, it comes as drivers see the demands of winter motoring increase their vehicles' fuel consumption. This is bad news for families trying to make ends meet in recession."
He went on: "Although the blame lies squarely with stock market traders shifting funds from currencies to commodities, a 1.3p-a-litre rise in the pump price of petrol this week fuels driver suspicion that forecourt prices rise faster than they come down."
