Fuel retailers to be made to publish live prices after using UK motorists as ‘cash cows’
by Alex Lawson from World news | The Guardian on (#6CNX3)
Drivers paying more for petrol and diesel than before Covid because of weakened competition, says CMA
The UK energy secretary has accused fuel retailers of using motorists as cash cows" after a consumer watchdog found that drivers were paying more for petrol and diesel than before the Covid pandemic because of weakened" competition.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that due to a decision by the traditional price leaders to compete less hard", prices had risen since 2019.
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