The cost of filling up a typical diesel car is now back above £80 each time - while for unleaded it has reached £75.44

Drivers have been clobbered with the biggest rise in pump prices for 18 months, data shows.

Roadside breakdown giant the RAC says the nationwide average for petrol rose by 2.17p a litre in November, to 137.17p. Diesel jumped even more, up 3.84p, with the average cost of a litre now standing at 146.57p, a figure motorists have not seen since late August 2024.

The last time fuel prices rose as sharply in a single month was April last year, the RAC said. The sharp rise has come at the most expensive time of year for many households ahead of Christmas .

According to the RAC, it would now cost £75.44 every time to fill up the tank on an average petrol car, or £1.19 more t

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