By Daniel Thomas Business pressreporter, BBC News Image source, PhotoAlto/James Hardy Driving groups haveactually called for more assistance to assistance chauffeurs after the expense of filling an average household carsandtruck with gas hit £100 for the veryfirst time. The RAC car group called it “a genuinely dark day” as the expense of filling a 55-litre tank reached £100.27 for gas and £103.43 for diesel. The RAC and its competitor the AA prompted the chancellor to cut VAT on fuel or to decrease fuel task evenmore. The Treasury stated it had supplied £37bn to ease the expense of living currently. Rising fuel costs are putting pressure on family budgetplans, with energy costs and food rates likewise now at multi-year highs. Pump costs started to skyrocket after Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine in February led to oil supply worries. However, there are issues that fuel merchants are not passing on a current 5p cut in fuel responsibility to customers. According to the RAC, the average pump cost of a litre of unleaded gas is now 182.31p while for diesel it is 188.05p. However, the car group has cautioned this might increase to over £2 a litre quickly. RAC fuel representative Simon Williams stated: “While fuel costs haveactually been setting brand-new records on a everyday basis, homes up and down the nation might neverever haveactually anticipated to see the expense of filling an average-sized household vehicle reach 3 figures. “A additional task cut or a momentary decrease in VAT would go a long method towards assisting motorists, specifically those on lower earnings who have no option other than to drive.” The AA called on the federalgovernment to cut fuel responsibility by 10p per litre instantly and present a “fuel cost stabiliser”, which would lower fuel responsibility when gas rates go up and boost it when they drop. The wholesale rate of gas – the cost at which grocerystores and independent forecourts buy it at – has infact dropped by 5p giventhat 1 June, when it
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