A councillor who drove from Carmarthenshire to North Wales and checked the diesel price of every filling station he passed, said none were more expensive than in his home town's Tesco store. Cllr Kevin Madge claimed people in Ammanford were paying too much for diesel compared to other towns in the county and further afield.
"It's not fair for people locally," he said. "It is a deprived area, but we are not in the wilds. Mid Wales is in the wilds and diesel is cheaper there." According to the former leader of the council, who represents Garnant, diesel was 165.9p at Tesco, Ammanford, a price not exceeded by anywhere he passed on his scenic round trip to Welsh Labour's conference in Llandudno two weekends ago.
Cllr Madge said he passed 20 to 25 filling stations on his journey. "I followed the prices on the way up and on the way down," he said. The Labour councillor claimed that other filling stations in the Ammanford area took their pricing cue from Tesco and that diesel was cheaper at Tesco filling stations in Carmarthen, Llanelli and Pontardawe just across the county border in Neath Port Talbot. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
