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October 2026
September 2026
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Supermarkets raising diesel prices twice as fast as other forecourts Sainsbury's leads with a 4.7p rise in a week, as the big four supermarkets close the gap on the rest of the market -
Motorway drivers paying up to 34p a litre more than at a forecourt two miles away Petrol at Gloucester services costs 197.9p. At a Tesco 2.3 miles from the M5 it costs 163.9p -
Birmingham drivers can pay 25p a litre more for petrol, depending on which forecourt they choose Even with motorway services and Costco left out, the gap between the cheapest and dearest forecourt in the same town reaches 34p -
Island drivers paying the UK's highest diesel prices, up to 13.7p a litre above average Diesel averages 212.9p in the Outer Hebrides, 18.6p more than in Northern Ireland -
179 open forecourts have not reported a price change in a fortnight, despite the 30-minute rule As almost every other forecourt put diesel up, Shell, Gulf and Texaco sites are among those that have gone quiet - British Fuel Prices Diesel within a penny of £2 as pump prices climb, new site tracking every UK forecourt shows British Fuel Prices publishes the price at all 8,127 UK filling stations from the government's own data, and finds drivers in the same town paying up to 35p a litre more depending on where they fill up.
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