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British motoring organisation offering breakdown cover and publishing regular UK fuel price data.
More than 11,400 drivers contacted the DVLA last year over fines they did not recognise, a record high, the Guardian reported. The data does not split out fleets, so operators get the direction of travel but not their own exposure.
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UK diesel van and pickup owners can expect to spend almost £8.5bn at the pump this year, about £2.5bn more than in 2025, according to Moneysupermarket. The figure feeds calls to scrap a planned 5p a litre fuel duty rise that starts on 1 January.
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Daft as a Brush, a Newcastle cancer charity, says diesel costs have swallowed the money it planned to spend replacing its 30 vans with electric ones. With the UK average above £2 a litre, the extra fuel comes out of donations and keeps the fleet on diesel for the next price rise.
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UK diesel averaged a record 200.01p a litre on Friday, the RAC said, up 40.5% since the Iran war began in late February. Because the shortage sits in damaged refineries in the Middle East and Russia, fleet operators setting next quarter's fuel budget have weak grounds to plan on a quick fall.
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Coach operators say record diesel above £2 a litre could force cuts to services, including home-to-school transport. Unlike England's local bus operators, coach firms get no help with fuel costs, so the rise falls on businesses that are mostly family-run.
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