Hundreds of UK petrol stations are failing to meet legal requirements for reporting live price changes to a Government system aimed at saving drivers money, an investigation has found.
Press Association analysis of data submitted to Fuel Finder – which is used by third-party price comparison apps and websites – suggests many sites have not provided any petrol prices, despite this being mandatory for more than five months.
Of those sites that have provided data, 1,751 last submitted a petrol price change more than a week ago, including 96 that had not supplied an update for at least a month.
Simon Williams of the RAC said it is “not plausible that so many haven’t changed prices in a week, let alone a month”, adding that “most retailers receive new fuel supply at least once a week”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously described the scheme as “the cheap fuel finder”, and hailed it for “forcing petrol stations to publish their live prices” to make it easier for drivers to “choose the lowest price”.
All UK forecourts have been legally required to report price changes to the database within half an hour since February 2.
Mr Williams said: “Fuel Finder was introduced to help stop drivers paying over the odds when they fill up, so these findings are very concerning.
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