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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Neil Lancefield

Fuel price rises caused by cost of oil rather than retail margins – watchdog

Fuel prices have increased amid the surging cost of oil caused by the Iran war (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Soaring fuel prices amid the conflict in the Middle East are being driven by the higher cost of oil rather than retailers increasing margins, an investigation has found.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the difference between the price retailers pay for fuel and the price they sell it at – known as fuel margins – have been “broadly unchanged” since the start of the war on February 28.

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