We have been paying more and they have certainly profited more. The Treasury said it has been concerned that petrol companies may not have passed on reductions in world oil prices. But Shell says that 80 per cent of what we pay is the Government's own doing because it is tax. ITN asked Michael Brinded of Shell UK, given that their UK customers are suffering, isn't it now time to help them by lowering prices. But the facts are straightforward.
Customers struggle to stay on the road as profits rocket into the stratosphere.