Brexit uncertainty ‘set to send petrol prices to record high’

RAC says drivers may soon be forking out £70 for tank of fuel

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The average cost of a full tank of petrol may hit a record high of £70 “within weeks”, the RAC has warned.

The roadside assistance company predicts that the fluctuating price of the pound caused by uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, coupled with the rising price of oil, will push fuel prices to “heights never seen before in the UK”, The Daily Telegraph reports.

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