Diesel is being sold for a much higher price than petrol - despite the wholesale price being virtually identical
The RAC has warned that people who fill their cars up with diesel could be paying far more at the pumps than they should. Diesel is being sold for around 17p a litre more on average than petrol at forecourts across the UK - despite wholesale prices for both fuels being virtually identical.
RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams described the fuel price disparity as "absolutely shocking" and warned of a big change in fuel retailing that has seen some independent forecourts charging far less than their supermarket rivals. Mr Williams said: “At the beginning of March, wholesale diesel was only 6p more expensive than petrol yet there was a 20p-a-litre gap between both fuels on the forecourt. Now the two fuels are identical on the wholesale market, and there’s still more than 17p difference at the pump.”
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