Supermarket fuel prices up due to lack of competition

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Drivers paid an other 6p per litre for substance past twelvemonth astatine supermarkets due to the fact that of weaker competition, a watchdog says.

The Competition and Markets Authority said supermarkets were usually the cheapest places to bargain substance but a deficiency of contention had driven up prices.

The regulator says it volition motorboat a "fuel finder scheme" to assistance drivers find amended prices online.

Boss Sarah Cardell said contention was "not moving arsenic good arsenic it should beryllium and thing needs to alteration swiftly".

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