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controversial end to the second ashes series. welcome back to verify life. a watchdog has found that uk drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel, with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. simon williams, the rac s fuel spokesperson, gave us this reaction. yes, consumers have been overcharged for some considerable time. the rac has a programme called fuelwatch. we monitor the price of retailfuel but also, crucially, the price of wholesale fuel. and for the last three months, the price of diesel on the wholesale market has been lower than petrol. yet if you go to virtually any forecourt across the uk, you will see diesel being priced above petrol. now, that is simply not right, it s not fair. it doesn t reflect what s going on ....
You will see diesel being priced above petrol. now, that is simply not right, it s not fair. it doesn t reflect what s going on at all and it s led to drivers being overcharged incredibly. in fact, we saw the margin on a litre of diesel at one point in may go to 25p a litre. now the long term margin is 7p a litre. we all know costs have increased and margins probably need to go up a bit to reflect that, to reflect operating costs, but 25p a litre compared to 7, three times the average. so drivers have been ripped off on diesel and also petrol has been overpriced and is still overpriced at the moment. so this pump price monitor idea, how effective a solution is that likely to be? so at the moment, you can already see the price of fuel. if you download the my rac app, you can find the cheapest fuel near you now. so that that s going to help, but it s going to take some time to bring into force. but what s most important is monitoring wholesale prices, to understand when the market moves ....