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    "body": "<p><strong>With the latest average fuel price figures released, RAC head of policy Simon Williams said:</strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&quot;The average prices of both petrol and diesel have now increased every day for the last 40 days. For diesel this is a new record for consecutive daily prices rises since 2015 and for petrol it matches the run of rises seen at the end of June 2022. A full tank of diesel for a 55-litre family car is now &pound;105.22, up &pound;27 since the end of February. The cost for a similar petrol car is now &pound;87, &pound;14 more than it was before the conflict began.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&quot;More positively, as we predicted earlier this week, the rate of price increases has slowed due to oil falling back below $100 for the last two days. This has reduced wholesale costs which should, if sustained, lead to the price of petrol coming down. So, as things stand, we really shouldn&#039;t see unleaded rise any further for the time being and the record diesel price of 199p now shouldn&#039;t be surpassed.&quot;</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 - 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