Fuel prices should ‘begin to come down’ as wholesale costs fall

Pump prices in the UK have risen by 25p per litre for petrol and 49p per litre for diesel since the war began on February 28

Picture: Chani Anderson.

Fuel prices should fall in the coming days after large increases caused by the conflict in the Middle East, according to new analysis in the UK.

The RAC said it expects the price of a litre of petrol and diesel to drop by “several pence” in the short-term.