Tag: Iran
Santander issues major Wednesday update before £829 payouts to customers
Santander UK profits have slumped by 44%
Government gives key petrol and diesel price update 'cancelling increase'
Prices have rocketed over the past two months
Drivers to be hit by household budget-busting £2billion cost at the pumps thanks to Iran war, piling pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to scrap her planned fuel tax raid
Analysis has found the extra amount motorists have shelled out since the conflict sent forecourt prices rocketing will surge past the grim milestone by tomorrow night.
RAC gives new petrol and diesel update as 'prices fall faster in one part of UK'
The RAC says drivers should expect to see cheaper prices at the forecourts
Panicking motorists hand huge sums to fuel retailers as Middle East crisis sparks stockpiling of petrol and diesel
Brits filling their tanks more often was largely responsible for a 0.7 per cent surge in retail sales in March.
Rachel Reeves rakes in extra £215million from drivers in little over six weeks thanks to higher pump prices sparked by Iran war, analysis shows, sparking fresh calls to follow other countries and cut petrol taxes
Analysis today shows the cost of the conflict to drivers will hit an eye-watering £1.3billion by tonight because of rocketing prices since 28 February, when the war started.
Dates given for UK 'petrol and diesel shortages and price rises'
Professor Nick Butler warns diesel could hit £2+ per litre and says it would be 'perfectly sensible' for ministers to tell workers to stay at home to save fuel
Rachel Reeves is warned fuel tax raid will push thousands of businesses 'to the brink', ramp up food costs for households and stoke inflation
Amid mounting calls for the Chancellor to ditch her planned fuel duty hike, nearly 500 haulage bosses told her now is the 'wrong time' amid rocketing pump prices.
Fuel protests 'being planned across Britain' as pump prices carry on soaring because of Iran war
Farming organisations were reportedly discussing how to carry out similar protests that have brought roads to a standstill in Ireland over the past week.
Relief for drivers at the pumps may not be far away as rocketing petrol and diesel prices sparked by Iran war 'almost ground to a halt', says RAC
The RAC said average pump prices for petrol and diesel rose by less than half a penny between Thursday and today.
UK 'driveway' rule change with EV 'tipping point' amid high fuel costs
Battery electric car registrations reached a record 86,120 in March, up 24.2 per cent year-on-year, as petrol prices rose 18 per cent and diesel jumped by a third amid the Middle East conflict
UK's five cheapest petrol stations named with one selling fuel for just 126.9p/litre
Although the average price of fuel in the UK is above 150p a litre, in some parts of the UK it is still stunningly low as the Iran war takes a surprise, but conditional, turn
Rocketing fuel prices spark new interest in electric vehicles as charging costs get cheaper
Prices at the pump have soared to £1.50 a litre as Iran continues its stranglehold on tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, following US and Israeli-led military strikes on the country.
Drivers 'bleed cash' as diesel shortages loom and Starmer admits Government can't help 'on its own' amid warnings energy shock will be WORSE than 1970s
The Prime Minister hosted a roundtable meeting in No10 with top bosses from the insurance, oil, gas and shipping sectors as the Middle East crisis entered a fifth week.
Independent petrol stations begin to close instead of charging customers £2 a litre as supermarkets warn supply is 'tight' amidst Iran war
As the conflict between Tehran and the US and Israel entered its second month on Saturday, consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of spiralling fuel prices.
