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Do Manx fuel prices reflect falling UK wholesale prices?

by isleofman.com 10th December 2012

The difference between petrol prices in the Isle of Man and UK will be the subject of political debate in Tynwald on Tuesday.

Member for Garff, Steve Rodan, will ask the Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading whether he's satisfied the cost of petrol and diesel at the Island's pumps fairly reflect falling wholesale fuel prices in the UK?

An Office of Fair Trading report in 2009 concluded that Manx motorists weren't being ripped off with regard to prices at the pumps.

But Mr Rodan says he's not convinced comparison with UK prices take the many discounted supermarket filling stations into account:

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Posted by isleofman.com
Monday 10th, December 2012 09:47pm.

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