There have been two beneficiaries of the rise in fuel prices so far this year.

The first was the fuel companies, but they have received a demand for windfall tax from the Treasury.

The other is the Government itself.

Last November, when Rishi Sunak delivered his budget to parliament, his team of economists provided estimates on what the average price of various forms of energy would be and based expected tax income upon those estimates.

Since there is no expectation that any of the Treasury’s team would have predicted the pace, or eventual top, of the rise in the forecourt price of petrol and diesel.

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