Filling up has surged past £10 a gallon for the first time at dozens of forecourts, analysis today finds.
Data show the cost of diesel has surged to £2.20 a litre at up to 150 stations – the equivalent of £10 for an imperial gallon.
This is the traditional measurement for fuel and it is believed to be a record number of forecourts where it has hit the £10 milestone.
Hitting the milestone will pile pressure on Labour to abandon plans to hike Fuel Duty in the New Year after average diesel prices surged to an all-time record of more than £2 a litre
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