MOTORING groups have lashed out at Boris Johnson for failing to increase his "paltry" cut in fuel duty as the price of filling up an average car topped £100.
Prices leapt again yesterday, with unleaded up by 1.58p to 182.31p a litre and diesel by 1.48p to 188.05p, but some motorway forecourts are already charging more than £2 a litre.
Calling it a "dark day", the RAC's Simon Williams said the Treasury was raking it in due to the price rises, taking 53p per litre in fuel duty and 30p in VAT.
He said: "There is only silence coming out of the Government.
"March's 5p fuel duty cut now looks paltry as wholesale petrol costs have increased by five times that since the Spring Statement. A further duty cut or a temporary reduction in VAT would go a long way to helping.
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