Record UK Petrol Price Risks A Mass Exodus of Essential Workers - Tasnim News Agency

The record increase in fuel prices could spark a mass exodus of staff who rely on their vehicles for work, trade unions and drivers warned.

On Thursday, the price of a liter of unleaded petrol hit 182.31p, meaning the cost of filling an average family car hit £100 for the first time. Some employees who need to drive for their jobs are spending as much as £350 a week on fuel and others are “paying to go to work”, The Guardian reported.

The GMB trade union warned that the increase had “crushed” its members and said that shortfalls of staff in the transport and healthcare industries were “only going to get worse as prices continue to shoot up”.

One community NHS worker told The Observer that the fuel price rise had outstripped the reimbursement they were given for petrol costs, so staff were now paying not just to get to work, but also to drive to patients’ houses to do their job.