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Drivers and businesses are becoming increasingly "desperate" after record increases in the cost of fuel, the AA has warned.
It issued the alert as the price of crude oil in the US hit a record high of $130 a barrel.
The AA says the average price of diesel rose 6.76p to 124.17p a litre between mid-April and mid-May.
That was the biggest monthly jump of the decade and comes just six months after the previous record increase of 5.6p.
The average price of petrol at the pumps has risen 4.49p a litre in the last month, with the cost now 112.55p a litre.
Angry lorry drivers are planning what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in London next week.
Led by hauliers from Kent, the demo next Tuesday is likely to involve hundreds of trucks.
A delegation will hand in a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding an immediate rebate on duty.
Mike Presneill, a leading member of lobby group Transaction 2007, said: "The Government has the power to act but appears not to be listening.
"Hundreds of UK transport firms are being driven to the wall. Thousands of UK jobs are being lost."
Kent-based haulier Peter Knight said: "This is the economics of the mad house. If the Prime Minister doesn't listen the Government will lose out.
AA president Edmund King said: "The price rises in recent days were of a magnitude only exceeded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when the price of petrol rose almost 3.5p in a week.
"With many UK families embarking on their holidays next week, the timing could hardly be worse."
Sky's Business Editor Michael Wilson said "We're all feeling the pinch as we pay more and more to fill up our cars, heat and light our homes as the cost of energy soars.
"We've had yet more record highs in the price of crude oil, that's only going push up costs for us all."
Drivers and businesses are becoming increasingly "desperate" after record increases in the cost of fuel, the AA has warned.
It issued the alert as the price of crude oil in the US hit a record high of $130 a barrel.
The AA says the average price of diesel rose 6.76p to 124.17p a litre between mid-April and mid-May.
That was the biggest monthly jump of the decade and comes just six months after the previous record increase of 5.6p.
The average price of petrol at the pumps has risen 4.49p a litre in the last month, with the cost now 112.55p a litre.
Angry lorry drivers are planning what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in London next week.
Led by hauliers from Kent, the demo next Tuesday is likely to involve hundreds of trucks.
A delegation will hand in a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding an immediate rebate on duty.
Mike Presneill, a leading member of lobby group Transaction 2007, said: "The Government has the power to act but appears not to be listening.
"Hundreds of UK transport firms are being driven to the wall. Thousands of UK jobs are being lost."
Kent-based haulier Peter Knight said: "This is the economics of the mad house. If the Prime Minister doesn't listen the Government will lose out.
AA president Edmund King said: "The price rises in recent days were of a magnitude only exceeded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when the price of petrol rose almost 3.5p in a week.
"With many UK families embarking on their holidays next week, the timing could hardly be worse."
Sky's Business Editor Michael Wilson said "We're all feeling the pinch as we pay more and more to fill up our cars, heat and light our homes as the cost of energy soars.
"We've had yet more record highs in the price of crude oil, that's only going push up costs for us all."
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