DIESEL drivers have paid £1.3billion too much at the pumps already this year due to greedy forecourt chiefs, research reveals.
Wholesale diesel prices have fallen below those of petrol but garages are still charging 17.45p a litre more — raking in huge mark-ups at the expense of motorists.
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The average diesel price is £1.62 per litre. Petrol is £1.47.
It means diesel drivers are paying an extra £10 to fill up the average car or £14 for a van than they should.
Campaigners blame bosses for refusing to reduce retail prices — and demand a Pumpwatch organisation be set up to hold them to account.
Tory MP Craig Mackinlay said: “Wholesale prices are way down from historic highs but the price at the pump for diesel has moved down by mere buttons.
“It is now even more obvious that motorists are being fleeced by the fuel retailers and it’s time for a Pumpwatch price monitor to bring such blatant profiteering to heel.”
Colleague Jonathan Gullis said: “Diesel motorists are at the very heart of the British economy.
“Pump prices are seemingly uncontrollable.”