Drivers are paying 17p more per litre for diesel than petrol across the UK, despite identical wholesale prices
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The average price of a litre of petrol is 146.63p, while diesel costs an average of 164.26p at the forecourt, according to the RAC.The price disparity was described as"absolutely shocking" by RAC fuel spokesperson Simon Williams. He said:"At the beginning of March, wholesale diesel was only 6p more expensive than petrol yet there was a 20p-a-litre gap between both fuels on the forecourt.
"Now the two fuels are identical on the wholesale market, and there's still more than 17p difference at the pump." Mr Williams said people who fill up at supermarket petrol stations should have been seeing prices at less than 150p per litre some weeks ago, as these stations are typically 4p per litre cheaper than the UK average.
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