A petrol station in Perthshire, Scotland, selling petrol at 196.9p a litre and diesel at 217.9p
The price of diesel went over £2 a litre in October and is still averaging 197p, according to the AA. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
The price of diesel went over £2 a litre in October and is still averaging 197p, according to the AA. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Diesel still costing close to a ’dismal’ £2 a litre despite oil price falls

Pump prices stay stubbornly high as leading bank official warns energy costs are likely to remain ‘elevated’

The price of diesel on UK forecourts remains stubbornly close to October’s record high of £2 despite a sharp fall in oil prices.