
Meet the motorists’ new friend, Clive Maxwell. As the newly-appointed chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading, he has called for evidence into whether drivers are being ripped off when it comes to filling up their cars.


The consumer and competition authority is asking for information on the UK petrol and diesel sector from industry, leading motoring groups and consumer bodies.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) anticipates gathering enough data to further investigate claims of whether the fall in the prices of crude oil are being reflected at the pumps.