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    "title": "Fuel prices fall for last seven days",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-22 12:23:44",
    "published_at": "2026-04-22 12:18:00",
    "url": "https://media.rac.co.uk/fuel-prices-fall-for-last-seven-days",
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    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>RAC head of policy Simon Williams said:</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&quot;While prices at the pumps have fallen for the last seven days, the drop isn&#039;t as great or as quick as we&rsquo;d expect, given our analysis of wholesale data. Petrol has only come down by a penny a litre and diesel by almost 2p (1.66p). We hope drivers will see the average price of petrol fall by at least 3p a litre and diesel by double that in the coming days. </p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&quot;Drivers understand retailers have had no option but to put prices up due to the cost of oil being so much higher and they&#039;re also suffering with fuel theft as widely reported this week, but as wholesale prices reduce so should forecourt prices.&quot;</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;</p>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> </strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Petrol</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel </strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded daily change</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded change - since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded % change since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel daily change </strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel change - since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel % change since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>28/02/2026</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">132.83</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">142.38</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+0.2</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">0.0%</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+0.2</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"> 0</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">0.0%</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>22/04/202</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">157.34</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">189.88</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"> -0.13</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+24.5</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">18.5%</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"> -0.25</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+47.5</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">33.4%</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Peak</strong></p>\n<div\n    class=\"table-container\"\n    style=\"\"\n>\n    <table\n        class=\"table table-bordered\"\n    >\n                            <tbody>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p>&nbsp;</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Petrol</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel </strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded daily change</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded change - since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Unleaded % change since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel daily change </strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel change - since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Diesel % change since 28/2</strong></p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                            <tr>\n                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>15/04/2026</strong></p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">158.31</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">191.54</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+0.01</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+25.5</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">19.2%</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"> 0.0</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">+49.2</p></div></td>                                            <td class=\"border\"><div class=\"text-default v-spacing\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">34.5%</p></div></td>                                    </tr>\n                        </tbody>\n            </table>\n</div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Since the peak, petrol has fallen by a penny (0.97p) and diesel by almost 2p (1.66p)</p>",
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