Heating oil prices are being driven by greed, not war | Letter

2026-03-11 - 17:53

It is hard to believe that attacks which started on 28 February can have had such a huge impact on oil that must have already been in the country, says Graham Judge Hilary Osborne (UK households that use heating oil face ‘frightening’ surge in bills over Iran war, 10 March) highlights that rural households are facing huge rises in the price of something that is a necessity. Sadly, not all the rises can be laid at the door of Donald Trump and his foolish war. Some of the increases are simply down to unashamed profiteering. On 2 March (48 hours after the war started) I had to pay 86.6p per litre of oil. This was 10p higher than the price on Friday 27 February. Continue reading...