Drivers should be paying around 6p less for a litre of petrol, shaving the cost of filling up by more than £3, according to the RAC. If retailers played fair with drivers by passing on this wholesale saving and reduced their margins to 10p, the average prices of petrol would be just under 136p per litre including VAT - a …
The cost of a litre of diesel in the UK is 8p more than the next-most expensive countries, Finland and Ireland, data collated by the RAC show. The “persistent overcharging” at the pumps means it now costs an extra £3 to fill a typical family car with petrol and an extra £5.50 to fill one with diesel, analysis by the …
