Milton Keynes North MP Ben Everitt has signed a letter to the Chancellor calling for a 'pump pricing watchdog' to tackle fuel prices.
The letter has been signed by a a group of nearly 30 leading Tory MPs, including ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel.
In a letter coordinated by Tory MP Jonathan Gullis, he shows that between October 10 and December 8, petrol prices fell just three per cent, despite wholesale costs tumbling by 22 per cent. Diesel prices hardly changed as the wholesale cost plunged by 25 per cent.
It comes as MKFM is calling for fairer petrol prices for Milton Keynes residents, with the cheapest Unleaded petrol in Milton Keynes today costing 149.9p compared to 143.9p in nearby Cranfield.
In the letter to Jeremy Hunt, Dame Andrea Leadsom, says there should be a PumpWatch Commissioner. She repeats what she had already asked the Leader of the House at Business Questions on December 1: “…it’s time for the Government to debate FairFuelUK’s excellent idea for a new PumpWatch Commissioner to monitor and stop bad practice on garage forecourts.”
Penny Mordaunt, responded from the Despatch Box: “The Government are looking into this, and I join her in commending the work of FairFuelUK, which has done a huge amount to champion the rights of motorists and to remind us that holding fuel duty, and cutting it where we can, is good for the economy.”
Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUK says: “For years and years there's been a foul stench of sickening exploitation hanging around thousands of garage forecourts, despite falling wholesale and oil costs. We should be seeing fuel price signposts across the country, 10-20p per litre lower for diesel and petrol.
"What’s more, this surprisingly and increasingly anti-motorist Tory administration seems to be sitting back, dare I say it, almost encouraging the fuel supply chain to continue to fleece drivers at the pumps. Don’t forget the billions of extra VAT pouring into the Treasury due to eye watering pump prices. PumpWatch is way past critical, to stop the fuel supply chain continually fleecing motorists at will.”
