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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff and Sarah Butler

UK motorists still being overcharged for fuel, says watchdog

A man fills a car with unleaded petrol at a petrol station in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
The CMA report says UK retailers’ fuel margins are ‘still significantly above historic levels’. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

UK motorists are still being overcharged for fuel, according to the competition watchdog, which said they paid £1.6bn more than they should have last year alone.

In its cost of living report, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that prices at the pump were still too high, and that the lack of proper competition among fuel retailers was “failing consumers”.

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