The average UK price of unleaded petrol is currently just over £1.16 a litre. But UK petrol prices could hit a record average high of £1.20 a litre in the next few weeks, according to the AA. AA president Edmund King told the BBC: "We all know government finances are in dire straits but a 3p rise in fuel duty is not good for the economy and could fuel inflation." He said that the cost of wholesale petrol had risen by 17% in the past month, and this had not yet been passed on fully at the pumps. Therefore, the average price of petrol could hit £1.20 before 1 April, he said. The AA said families now paid £52 a month more on petrol than a year ago. Now i for one am sick and tired of the government using us drivers as some sort of cash cow and demand that they stop raising the cost of petrol.

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