不当利得行為 燃料 retailers have fleeced 運転者s by more than £1 billion at the pumps this year, 熟考する／考慮する finds

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Greedy 燃料 retailers have fleeced 運転者s by more than £1billion this year, によれば a new 熟考する／考慮する.

Between January and April, ディーゼル drivers on 普通の／平均（する） 爆撃するd out £57 more than they should have done if forecourts were playing fair, House of ありふれたs Library 研究 設立する.

It means 運転者s have collectively paid £1.1billion more at the pumps because of 不当利得行為 retailers, the 分析 見積（る）s.

This month a damning 報告（する）／憶測 by the 競争 and Markets 当局 (CMA) 監視者 said Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons together made around £900million by failing to pass on the 落ちるing 卸売 cost of 石油 and ディーゼル to 消費者s.

But this 人物／姿／数字, based on the big four supermarkets 非難する 6p a litre too much for 燃料, 関係のある to 2022 and only 含むd their forecourts.

The new ありふれたs Library 研究 covers all 燃料 retailers and is for the first four months of 2023, 最高潮の場面ing how forecourts have continued to cash in.

Because it only relates to ディーゼル and not 石油, the true 人物／姿／数字 could be more than £1.1billion.

It is based on retailers 増加するing their 利ざやs by an 普通の／平均（する） extra 13p a litre on ディーゼル, a 人物／姿／数字 確認するd by the CMA.

When this is multiplied by the number of litres of the 燃料 sold 国家的に between January and April, the 最新の period data is 利用できる for, it 量s to a £1.1billion windfall.

The 研究 was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d by the 自由主義の 民主党員s. The party's 輸送（する） 広報担当者, Wera Hobhouse, said: '不当利得行為 during a cost of living 危機 is 全く 容認できない. People should not be taken advantage of at the 燃料 pump.

'The 政府 should order retailers to pass on [卸売] 貯金 as soon as possible and 削減（する） prices すぐに. It is high time that there is fair and transparent 燃料 pricing.'

Howard Cox, 創立者 of the FairFuelUK （選挙などの）運動をする, 追加するd: 'These 人物／姿／数字s likely barely scratch the opportunistic 不当利得行為 surface of 引き裂く-offs at the pumps that have been 許すd by the 政府 to run rife for years.'

The AA's 燃料 専門家, Luke Bosdet, said: 'The forecourts have been playing it dirty with ディーゼル for many years.'

大臣s are planning to introduce a new 法律 軍隊ing 燃料 retailers to （不足などを）補う-to-date pricing （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 利用できる to third parties.

It is hoped that the 'pump watch' 提案s will create more 競争 and 運動 負かす／撃墜する pump prices 全体にわたる.

It will likely see new price comparison apps and websites 開始する，打ち上げるd for 消費者s.

The 政府 has also 誓約（する）d to 手渡す new 力／強力にするs to a public organisation to 'closely 監視する' pump prices and '警報' 大臣s if その上の 介入 is needed.

As it stands the most 井戸／弁護士席-known source for 石油 price comparisons is the website PetrolPrices.com, which 許すs 使用者s to search within 20 miles.

However, it 限界s 使用者s to 20 searches per day and will only show the cheapest 選択s so 運転者s cannot work out how much of a saving they could make. Prices are also not always shown in real-time.

によれば the RAC, the 普通の／平均（する） cost of filling up with 石油 in the UK yesterday (THURS) was 143.42p a litre and 144.51p for ディーゼル.

This is 負かす／撃墜する from a 頂点（に達する） of 191.43p for 石油 and 199.07p for ディーゼル in July last year as the war in ウクライナ共和国 and other factors 原因（となる）d a 記録，記録的な／記録する 殺到する in prices.

While they are now lower there is 関心 that 運転者s are still not getting the best 取引，協定 from retailers.

RAC 燃料 広報担当者 Simon Williams said: 'The price of 卸売 ディーゼル was lower than 石油 for three months from the end of March, yet drivers at the pumps would have been 非，不，無 the wiser as retailers kept pump prices artificially high.

'There's no question ディーゼル drivers have been very 不正に 扱う／治療するd on the nation's forecourts so far this year.'

He said that the モーターing organisation believes that between January and April 普通の／平均（する） retailer 利ざやs reached 25p a litre at some points as they were slow to pass 卸売 貯金 on at the pumps.

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