Fuel price news

What is happening to UK petrol and diesel prices, worked out from the official CMA data behind the app. Numbers first, with the method shown.

Latest

• Budget on 28 October: what each fuel option would save you at the pump
  17 October 2026 — Fuel duty is due to rise 3p in January and 2p in March. What has been reported for the Budget, and what each option would save on a 55-litre fill at 17 October prices.
• iPhone Duo goes on sale next Friday. Fuel Finder UK is ready for the bigger screen.
  17 October 2026 — iPhone Duo goes on sale on 23 October. Fuel Finder UK version 44 shows the station list and live price map side by side on the inner screen, and a full app on the outer one.
• Fuel Price Cuts Are Spreading: 1,181 Forecourts Cut Diesel Since Saturday
  13 October 2026 — Since Saturday 1,181 forecourts have cut diesel and 375 have raised it. Sainsbury's and Morrisons lead. A 5p petrol cut in Braintree is part of a wider move.
• A Russian fuel terminal is on fire. Diesel in the UK now costs 25p more than petrol.
  10 October 2026 — Drones hit an oil terminal in Rostov hours after Trump's diesel deal. UK diesel now costs 25.1p a litre more than petrol, up from 9.6p before the war. That is £13.80 a tank.
• Trump's Russian diesel deal: will it bring UK diesel prices down?
  10 October 2026 — Russian diesel is banned in the UK, so any help is indirect. A week after diesel hit £2, 2,002 forecourts have cut it and 1,589 raised it. Sainsbury's is cutting, Shell is not.
• Why fuel costs so much, and what other countries are doing about it.
  9 October 2026 — Diesel is £2 a litre. Germany has cut fuel tax by 17 cents a litre and Ireland has extended its cuts to February. The UK has held its 5p cut, and added nothing new since May.
• Google Maps now shows fuel prices. We checked it against the official data.
  8 October 2026 — Google Maps and Waze now show UK fuel prices. At 8:41pm on 8 October, one Brentwood price on Google was four hours behind the official data.
• Fuel duty goes up in January. Here is what it adds to a tank.
  7 October 2026 — Duty is due to rise from 52.95p to 55.95p a litre on 1 January 2027 and 57.95p on 1 March. With VAT that is 6p a litre, or £3.30 on a 55-litre fill.
• Why is fuel cheaper in Northern Ireland?
  5 October 2026 — Petrol is 7.6p a litre cheaper in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain, and diesel 6.3p. Same tax, same fuel. The data, and the reason.
• Two days after diesel hit £2, prices are still going up.
  4 October 2026 — Since Friday, 860 forecourts have put diesel up and 158 have cut it. Tesco raised it at more than half its forecourts, and still has none over £2.
• The G7 is releasing 100 million barrels of oil, diesel first. What it means at the pump.
  3 October 2026 — G7 leaders agreed on 2 October to release 100 million barrels of emergency oil, with diesel in the first 20 days, after the US urged Europe to free its stocks. What it could mean for diesel at £2 a litre.
• Fuel duty was due to rise on 1 September. It did not.
  3 October 2026 — The 1p rise due on 1 September was put back to January, and the 5p cut runs to 31 December. That is 1.2p a litre off today's price, or 66p a tank. Red diesel duty was cut by 3.7p too.
• Is there a fuel shortage near you? Check, and tell other drivers.
  2 October 2026 — No forecourt is reported out of fuel in the app today. If that changes this weekend, here is how to check for empty pumps and queues, and report one in ten seconds.
• Diesel is £2 a litre. One in three forecourts is already over it.
  2 October 2026 — 34% of forecourts charge £2 or more for diesel and 30% sit at exactly 199.9p. Where you are most likely to pay it, and the three supermarkets still under.
• Fuel Finder v40 for iOS: price drop alerts, and ready for iPhone Duo
  2 October 2026 — Version 40 adds Price Drop Alerts, Share This Price and a split view built for iPhone Duo, three weeks before it goes on sale. Try it on iPad now.
• Do fuel prices go up on Fridays?
  2 October 2026 — Friday and Monday are the busiest days for forecourt price changes, and weekends are the quietest. Plus where petrol and diesel stand today.