More petrol price rise misery on the way

VAT was meant to go back up from 15 to 17.5 per cent overnight. So how come some garages in Norfolk are already charging £1.15 a litre.

Tax is going to go up at least a couple more pence a litre in April. And there are rumours VAT will go up to 20 per cent in an autumn emergency budget doing the rounds in the City, according to a city second-homer type we're on nodding terms with at the Turnip Arms.

Gin and tonics all round. Some year 2010's going to be - we can feel it in our water.