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Fuel retailers could be fined if they don't make their pricing clearer, the government has announced. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) plans to give the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) more power to keep an eye on pump prices and report "any sign of malpractice to the government".

Drivers have been hit by higher fuel prices due to the pound's falling value, according to new analysis. The drop in sterling has added 7p per litre to drivers’ fuel bills over the past year, a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found.

fuel prices in at least 18 years due to Russia ’s invasion of Ukraine. The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts rose from 149.2p on February 28 to 153.0p on Monday, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.Average diesel prices rose from 153.4p to 158.6p over the same period.The weekly increases of 3.8p for petrol and 5.2p for diesel are the largest in records dating back to June 2003.They mean the cost of filling up a typical 55-litre family car shot up by more than £2 over the past week.Russia is the world's second-biggest producer of crude oil and supplies a third of Europe’s needs.The war has raised fears supplies could be cut, driving up prices.The cost-per-barrel of Brent crude – the most commonly used way of measuring the UK’s oil price – reached $139 (£106) on Monday which was its highest in 14 years.RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding said: "With the tragedy in Ukraine showing no signs of abating it looks like we all need to brace for forecourt prices to continue upward, not least because they tend to lag oil price movements by a week or two.

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FREE newsletter is as good as that first pint back at the pubParking firms issued one ticket every four seconds last year, costing drivers up to £840million.Companies handed out 24% more tickets in 2019/20 compared with the previous 12 months, ­according to the RAC – up from 6.8million to 8.4m.Parking companies are using the DVLA to track down drivers who are alleged to have flouted the rules at shopping centres, leisure facilities and motorway service areas.Motorists are then left counting the cost of a £100 ticket.Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: “Anyone who received a private parking ticket last year would have been in plentiful company – yet again the number of keeper addresses released by the DVLA to private parking