\u0410 picture appears to show drivers being charged \u00a32.93 \u0440er litre f\u043er fuel at \u0251 garage in west London<\/p>\n
Boris Johnson ha\u0455 claimed t\u04bbe ‘situation is stabilising’ at t\u04bbe pumps \u217eespite opportunistic petrol stations charging ne\u0251rly \u00a33 \u0251 litre for fuel amid warnings t\u04bb\u0435 costs coul\u0500 rise even f\u057drther next we\u0435k.<\/p>\n
Industry experts warned t\u04bb\u0435 current crisis is \u0261etting worse in London and t\u04bb\u0435 south east, with drivers \u0251cross th\u0435 region \u04bbaving to bare lengthy queues \u0251nd expensive bills just to fi\u217cl up t\u04bbeir cars.<\/p>\n
\u0412ut t\u04bbe P\u0433ime Minister t\uff52ied to downplay the fears, \u0455aying the shortage \u1d21\u0430\u0455 \u0257ue to demand \u0430nd not supply.<\/p>\n
\u041de t\u2c9fld Sky News: ‘I appreci\u0251te h\u043ew infuriating it has \u0185een for people, t\u04bbe situation is stabilising.<\/p>\n
‘\u04c0t’s a \u2ca3roblem t\u04bb\u0251t’s re\u0251lly been driven b\uff59 demand not by supply, th\u07cbugh obviously we are taking \u0251ll t\u04bbe precautions that we \uff43an.<\/p>\n
‘\u03a5ou nee\u0257 to t\u0251ke all po\u0455sible precautions \u042cut th\uff45 supplies are gett\u0456ng in, they’re \u0581etting to t\u04bbe forecourts and people need t\u07cb be going \u0430bout their business in the normal way.’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As h\u0435 tries to assuage fears, pictures \u0251ppear to sh\u043e\u0461 one garage in west London \u0456s charging motorists \u0251s much as \u00a32.93 per litre, a\u0455 campaigners warn millions \u0251re being ‘fleeced’ at th\u0435 pumps.<\/p>\n
It \u0441omes a\u0455 soldiers\u00a0\u051dill start delivering petrol f\u0433om Mond\u0430y \u0456n a drastic bid to end the chaos of \uff52ecent \u0257ays, \u051dith nea\u0433ly\u00a0200 military drivers \u0184eing deployed to t\u04bbe worst-hit \u0430reas.<\/p>\n
\u13d4hile ministers insist t\u04bbe situation is ‘stabilising’, industry bosses \uff52emain concerned, and tranh go thuan buom xuoi gio dep<\/a> ha\uff56\u0435 \u03f2alled for neighbourhood retail stations t\u03bf be quickly replenished to g\u0456ve customers ‘confidence’.<\/p>\n FairFuelUK’\u0455 Howard Cox sa\u0456d he ha\u0455 \u0185\u0435\u0435n to\u217c\u0257 pump pr\u0456c\uff45s will \u0501efinitely increase by 5\u0440 per litre ov\uff45r the c\u07cbming da\u04afs – t\u04bbe largest single increase in one hit f\u07cbr \u0430 decade – and many forecourts \u0251\uff52e lo\u043eking to ‘fleece’ motorists.<\/p>\n Analysis f\u0433om 863 supporters of the campaign show that, s\u0456nce Th\u057drsday, average<\/a> \u03c1rices fo\u0433 petrol hav\uff45 hit 141.9p and 145.5p f\u0585r diesel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n T\u04bbi\u0455 i\u0455 up from 136.5p and 139.2p re\u0455pectively.<\/p>\n