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Fuel's gone up 40p a litre since February. How much extra is the taxman getting?
Fuel duty hasn't moved all year, but VAT rises with the pump price. Since February that's nearly £10 million a day extra for the Treasury.
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· 7 min read
Do pump prices really follow oil? Up like a rocket, down like a feather
We lined up UK pump prices against crude oil since February. Both fuels rose with oil, but neither came back down as far when oil fell.
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· 4 min read
Which part of the UK has the cheapest fuel? Northern Ireland, by a mile
Daily fuel prices in every UK region since February. Northern Ireland is cheapest by far, the North East wins in Great Britain, the South East pays most.
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Which supermarket is cheapest for fuel? Honestly, it barely matters which one
We tracked fuel at 1,570 supermarket forecourts since February. Supermarkets beat everyone else every month, but the big four are almost neck and neck.
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Is there a cheapest day of the week to buy fuel? We checked. Sort of not.
We looked at 334,014 petrol price changes across 36 weeks to find the cheapest day to fill up. There is one. It saves you about 7p a tank.
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