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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

UK petrol and diesel retailers accused of ‘rocket and feather’ tactics

E10 petrol pump at a petrol station
The CMA found that the fuel duty cut appeared to have been implemented. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The UK competition watchdog is to deepen a probe into fuel retailers and accused them of “rocket and feather” tactics after drivers faced record pump prices this year.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it had seen “some evidence of rocket and feather behaviour” – when prices shoot up rapidly but come down slowly – this year which had not been evident in previous years, notably on diesel.

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