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23/02/2009
Petrol prices rose by nearly 5% between mid-January and mid-February, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report.
The increase has added more than £2 to the cost of filling up a typical 50-litre tank.
The average UK cost of a litre of petrol increased from 86.6 pence in January, to 90.88p in February. Diesel rose more slowly, however, with the price of a litre having risen by 2.1p to 100.79p.
The report found that the price of fuel still varies across the country, with motorists in the south west paying the most - 91.5p - for a litre of unleaded. At 90.4 pence per litre, unleaded was cheapest in the north west which - at 100.2 pence per litre - also had the cheapest diesel. The most expensive diesel was to be found in Scotland and London, with a litre costing 101.1p.
The AA says that supermarkets remain the cheapest place to fill up - with a litre of supermarket petrol costing 1.8p less than the UK average, although the difference is less than it was a month ago.
"Drivers, who see recession, a collapsed oil price and falling inflation, are irritated by pump prices that continue to go up at a rate they associate with the soaring prices last year," said Paul Watters, the AA's head of public affairs.
"European motoring clubs have run out of patience and written to the EU competition commissioner calling for an inquiry.
"Greater transparency in fuel pricing is long overdue."
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