Data collected by AA has shown that price of fuel has gone up at a record level in the last decade. The average price was at 128.77p a litre in the month to mid-January, which shows that it went up by 6.13p a litre.

Moneysupermarket. com did the research comparison and said that the fuel price rise is an outcome of the way the people are using their cars. It also said that their findings have shown that close to 62 per cent people are driving lesser. And some 5 per cent of previous drivers have given up cars altogether because of price rise.

Kevin Mountford, the spokesman said that VAT increase is slowly starting to show up and that inflation is also becoming a big hassle which is leading to higher expenditure by everyone. He also emphasized that a common man is dealing with day to day costs.

In reaction to the current situation some 10,000 people have shown their demand to remove the fuel duty altogether. They have been supported by the Fair Fuel UK Campaign, which was started by Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association.