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UK has plans to cut fuel prices in 17 rural regions: RAC reports

The European Commission has approved a program under which the UK would soon see fuel price cuts in rural locations.



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The Rural Fuel Rebate will benefit around 125,000 people in a total of 17 regions including North Yorkshire, Devon, Cumbria and the Scottish Highlands, according to a statement issued January 16 and as reported by motoring organization RAC.

Other EU member states now need to give their approval through the EU council before the move can go ahead in the UK, it added.

A similar mechanism is already in use in some of the most remote British islands, where drivers receive a reduction of 5p per liter of diesel or gasoline.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Rural motorists will probably never see fuel cost parity with urban areas. This is due to higher delivery costs and the fact that motorists in towns and cities tend to benefit from intense competition between supermarket and larger independent fuel retailers, who sell greater volumes.

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