Motorists have been warned that filling up with petrol this festive period will set them back considerably more money compared with last year.
The price increase follows a petrol crisis which affected the whole country a few months ago and saw queues at petrol stations develop amid a huge demand for fuel.
It will cost drivers around £16 more to fill their vehicles with petrol than it did last year, BirminghamLive reports.
Howard Cox, of FairFuelUK, told the Sun newspaper “scandalous prices generated by greedy wholesalers and fuel brokers" are to blame.
It comes months after a petrol crisis nationwide, which saw huge queues develop amid a massive demand for fuel.
MP Craig Mackinlay, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel, said: “Efforts to work with the fuel industry so that pump prices are market driven, are not working.
“Nearly £2billion of falls in wholesale prices have not been passed on.
"This is bad for the economy, bad for inflation, bad for business and bad for jobs.”
