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Today’s monitoring report sets out the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) observations on developments in the UK’s road fuel retail market since the previous update in March 2025.
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Latest monitoring report from the CMA outlines developments in the road fuel market since its last update in June 2025.
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