Record UK petrol price risks a mass exodus of essential workers

Community health workers, cab drivers, couriers and van drivers are paying to go to work'

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

On Thursday, the price of a litre 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".