The last weeks of August saw the price of fuel rise at the pumps for everyone in the UK and Ireland. As transport prices go up, the cost of everything heads that way too.
In the UK the RAC put the rapid rise down to production cuts by Opec+ nations, which were aimed at propping up the price of oil.
Wholesale costs began to rise in late July and the price of oil has now risen by $12 a barrel in two months. Higher wholesale prices have rapidly filtered through to the pumps, with petrol costs now at their highest level since December, according to the RAC.
In Ireland an extra bit of fuel duty added to pump price rises at the start of September.
Diesel bumped up even bit more in late September on the back of further supply constraints.
