to the war in ukraine. our business corresponent ben boulos reports. itjust doesn t seem to stop going up. 0n the road with taxi driver neil. it was 1.79 yesterday and it s now 1.91 this morning. he relies on fuel for his business, but price rises are having a big impact. well, we re having to put prices up and customers don t particularly like it. they like to know their regularjourney. they do it regularly. they want to know what the price is. and we re saying, well, the price is going up. and they re saying, well, what s it going to be? but what is it going to be? if fuel continues to increase, its going to have to go up and up and up. the average cost for a litre of petrol is now more than £1.80. that means filling the tank of an average family petrol car will set you back more than £99. experts think it could hit £100 as soon as today. diesel prices are at a record high, too, costing an average £1.86 per litre or £102 for a full 55 litre tank. at one petrol station
the rac motoring group predicts unleaded will cost £2 per litre on most forecourts from today. soaring fuel prices have been driven by the war in ukraine. our business corresponent ben boulos reports. itjust doesn t seem to stop going up. 0n the road with taxi driver neil. it was 1.79 yesterday and it s now 1.91 this morning. he relies on fuel for his business, but price rises are having a big impact. well, we re having to put prices up and customers don t particularly like it. they like to know their regularjourney. they do it regularly. they want to know what the price is. and we re saying, well, the price is going up. and they re saying, well, what s it going to be? but what is it going to be? if fuel continues to increase, it s going to have to go up and up and up. the average cost for a litre of petrol is now more than £1.80. that means filling the tank of an average family petrol car will set you back more than £99. experts think it could hit £100 as soon as today. diesel