{"id":134021,"title":"UK fuel prices keep climbing as diesel surges","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-03-24T15:19:28+00:00","modified":"2026-03-24T15:19:28+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/uk-fuel-prices-keep-climbing-as-diesel-surges/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/uk-fuel-prices-keep-climbing-as-diesel-surges.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/uk-fuel-prices-keep-climbing-as-diesel-surges.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Energy"],"tags":["Brent Crude","Citigroup","Crude prices","diesel","Donald Trump","Emmanuel Macron","energy price cap","gas","Iran","Islamic Republic’s Navy","Israel","Israeli media","Keir Starmer","Middle East","Middle East conflict","Middle East crisis","Mohammad Akbarzadeh","Ofgem","oil","OPEC","petrol","Qatar","RAC","Rachel Reeves","Revolutionary Guard Corps","Russian","Saudi Arabia","Strait of Hormuz","Tehran","UAE","UK","Ukraine","United States","US Navy"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/UK-fuel-prices-24-march-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Fuel costs continue to rise across the UK, with [diesel seeing the sharpest increases](https://www.share-talk.com/fuel-costs-surge-as-drivers-face-expensive-easter/) since the start of the Middle East conflict.\n\nAccording to RAC Fuel Watch, **diesel prices have jumped 22%**, rising **31.5p since February 28** to **173.83p per litre**, including a **2.7p increase today alone**.\n\nPetrol prices are also climbing, up **1.4p to 148.55p per litre**, marking a **15.7p (11.8%) rise** since the conflict began.\n\nThe sustained increase reflects ongoing pressure from elevated oil prices, with motorists continuing to feel the impact at the pump.\n\nRAC head of policy **Simon Williams** has warned that **fuel prices are likely to continue climbing in the coming days**, as higher oil costs feed through to the pumps.\n\n“Diesel looks likely to break the 180p-a-litre mark in the next week or so, and if it goes on to reach 182p the price of a tank for a family car would breach £100. If petrol climbs to 150p, as seems inevitable, it will take the cost of a fill-up to £82.50.”"}