As the fuel crisis continues, drivers in Oxfordshire are being hit hard by rising prices.

Some areas of the county have been harder than others, with people forking out ever increasing amounts of money for fuel.

New research by Forbes Advisor used new data from the Office for National Statistics and Petrol Map to compare average weekly wage in every Oxfordshire area with the current price of a 55 litre tank of petrol.

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The research found that West Oxfordshire is the area where fuel is the least affordable, with residents spending 17 per cent of their weekly wage on a tank of petrol.

This is well above the Oxfordshire average of 15.5 per cent.

Oxford City has the second least affordable petrol in Oxfordshire, with residents spending 16.2% of their weekly wage on a tank of petrol.

At the other end of the scale, residents of the Vale of White Horse find petrol the most affordable, with a 55 litre tank of petrol taking up only 14.4 per cent of their weekly wage.

South Oxfordshire also fares well, with motorists paying 14.6 per cent of their weekly wage towards petrol.

A spokesperson for Forbes Advisor said: “We’ve seen a new and terrifying increase in people facing increased fuel costs, even though petrol prices have been skyrocketing since last autumn.

“The fact that a tank of petrol is consuming 17 per cent of weekly wages in areas such as West Oxfordshire is extraordinary, and factors have merged to create the perfect storm for fuel poverty.

“Regional disparity in wages mean that the lowest earners in Oxfordshire are bearing the brunt of skyrocketing petrol costs, and many areas risk being pushed into poverty.”

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