‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain
Small traders and drivers bear the brunt of a refining shortage taking forecourt prices towards £2 a litre as wars wipe out about a fifth of global supplies The smoke rising from the Kapotnya oil refinery to the south-east of Moscow marks one of Ukraine’s biggest air raids on the Russian capital since the start of the war, and the latest salvo in an energy crisis that threatens to affect households and businesses across the globe.
More than 1,500 miles away, British motorists are braced for the ripple effect from that conflict, and the US-Israel war on Iran.
Average UK diesel prices are expected to reach record highs within days – while across Europe and the US , pump prices have already surpassed all-time highs.
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