The cost of filling a 55-litre car came to around £85 in London and the South East on Boxing Day, compared to just over £79.50 in Northern Ireland, according to AA figures
Commenting on the figures, Luke Bosdet, the AA’s spokesman on road fuel prices, said: “Drivers pay far less for their fuel where competition is stimulated by an official price transparency tool… or a retailer sees a big opportunity to grab trade because prices are artificially high. The first has a widespread effect and can transform pricing across whole areas [and] the second creates a lottery where millions of drivers can miss out.
to go home to see families, go out to shop or celebrate or go to sporting events. This was probably a fuel sales bonanza for the forecourts.” Mr Bosdet added: “While retailers in some areas of the UK slashed their pump prices because falls in wholesale costs allowed it, others cashed in on the Christmas traveller misery.”pushing up the cost of filling a typical 55-litre family carDiesel averaged 42.4p more per litre in 2022, adding just under £34 to the cost of refuelling the 80-litre tank of a business van, bringing the total to £143.
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