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- Brent crude rose from $73 to about $108 per barrel since February 28, amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
- Petrol prices increased by 9.8p to 142.62p per litre, and diesel by 20.3p to 162.66p.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government faces pressure to shield vulnerable households affected by heating oil price surges from higher costs as inflation may not fall as expected, and it announced a £52.4 million heating-oil relief package.
