AS PETROL prices reach an all-time high in the UK tied in with the cost-of-living crisis, an MP from the district is urging the Chancellor to slash prices in this week's mini-Budget.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked fears over the availability of fuel and companies have hiked up the prices making the job of fuelling up on average £16 more expensive.

Research carried out by Forbes Advisor, using data from the Office of National Statistics and Petrol Maps, shows that Bradford ranks in the top five areas where the highest portion of a weekly average wage was spent on fuel.

The average weekly wage for Bradford stands at £457, with 18.25 per cent of that being spent on petrol. The price to fill up an average fuel tank is now £83.38.

A look at unleaded prices as of Friday revealed that the BP on Barkerend Road was charging 166.9p and the Shell on Canal Road had the highest price of 175.5p.

Morrisons in Thornbury was among the cheapest petrol at 157.9p, followed by Asda on Canterbury Avenue, Little Horon.

Prices for Diesel start at 169.7p at Morrisons, Thornbury and reach an eye-watering 179.9p at Shell, in Westgate Hill Street.

The average percentage of a weekly wage spent on fuel in Yorkshire is 17.95 per cent.

Shipley MP Philip Davies wants to see a reduction in VAT on fuel or fuel duty cut, to help families already hit with other rises in the cost of living.

Mr Davies, a long-standing campaigner for lower fuel prices, is part of a group of MPs pressing the Chancellor to act as prices in some areas reaches £2 a litre.

Mr Davies said: “This continuing rise at the pumps is simply unaffordable for working families and those who rely on their cars. Given the record prices the Treasury is collecting billions more than was projected when the Chancellor set his last Budget and therefore reducing the cost of VAT on petrol or cutting fuel duty is the right thing to do, especially at a time when people are also facing huge costs in gas and electricity bills.

“I have always said fuel duty is too high and repeatedly called for it to be reduced. The Conservative Party is not the party of increasing taxes and this includes fuel duty. The exorbitant petrol prices are affecting everything and will also push up the cost of food.”