Fuel prices have risen every single day for 43 consecutive weeks, marking an unprecedented stretch of increases.

RAC policy chief Simon Williams explained that while fuel costs have technically climbed for a record 43 straight days, the increases have virtually ground to a halt.

The average price of petrol now stands at 158.27p, having edged up by just a quarter of a penny from 158.03p on Thursday.

Diesel similarly sits at approximately 191.5p, having first reached 191.11p on Thursday as well.

With Brent crude trading below the $100 per barrel mark for the past three days, there is now potential for prices to eventually fall, Williams noted.

However, as is often the case, this remains an extremely uncertain picture, with much depending on what happens in the Strait of Hormuz.

Petrol prices have climbed by more than 25p per litre since late February.