Petrol £1.50 a litre warning
Fuel prices are soaring in the West Midlands, with warnings of unleaded petrol rocketing to £1.50p a litre as oil becomes increasingly expensive.
Fuel prices are soaring in the West Midlands, with warnings of unleaded petrol rocketing to £1.50p a litre as oil becomes increasingly expensive.
The cost of petrol and diesel has moved relentlessly upwards on an almost daily basis for the past month, official figures revealed today.
Leaders of the fuel storage depot blockade that rocked the Government seven years ago today warned the Express & Star of more widespread unrest this autumn unless price rises are stemmed quickly.
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Nationally, unleaded petrol has risen by 4.1p over that period reaching 111.9 a litre and sending the cost crashing through the £5-a-gallon barrier.
At the same time diesel has jumped 6p a litre according to PetrolPrices.com, the fuel comparison website.
Industry experts forecast more bad news is on the way for motorists with predictions of unleaded petrol likely to reach the £1.50p-a-litre mark by September.
A survey shows that the West Midlands is suffering worse than most regions with unleaded recorded at 117.9p in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Stafford, Dudley, Cannock and West Bromwich. Diesel is listed at 128.9p in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Cannock and West Bromwich.
Experts claiming that car related taxes have leapt by 50 per cent under Labour. Eighteen Labour MPs yesterday signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to "reconsider" vehicle excise duty changes.
Richard Haddock, one of the leaders of the fuel protests that rocked the UK in 2000, said: "We did it in September and October then and my gut reaction is we will be doing it again unless the Government does something. Otherwise they face the prospect of anarchy," he went on to say.
