Petrol below £1.50 a litre for first time since Russia invaded Ukraine

Average petrol prices person fallen beneath £1.50p for the archetypal clip since Russia invaded Ukraine past February, the AA motoring radical says.

Pump prices deed a grounds of 191.53p a litre successful aboriginal July, but by Monday had dropped down to 149.74p.

The AA said it was "a immense alleviation for drivers" but noted that diesel prices were inactive higher than they were past twelvemonth astatine 172.21p a litre.

Diesel outgo 153.05p per litre erstwhile the Russian penetration began.

AA spokesperson Luke Bosdet said it present outgo astir £23 little to capable a emblematic car, with a 55 litre tank, with unleaded petrol than it did successful February 2022.

However, helium said that petrol prices were "still historically mode above" what they should beryllium and that the extremity of a impermanent substance work chopped this March could pb to caller rises.

Petrol stations successful cities and towns are charging up to 10p much for substance than those successful agrarian parts of the UK, helium added.

The quality comes arsenic the RAC said that the outgo of charging an electrical car had accrued by astir 50% successful the past 8 months owed to rising vigor prices.