{"id":54635,"date":"2017-05-13T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/these-are-the-uk-markets-id-meddle-in-what-would-yours-be\/"},"modified":"2017-05-13T13:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T06:09:50","slug":"these-are-the-uk-markets-id-meddle-in-what-would-yours-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/these-are-the-uk-markets-id-meddle-in-what-would-yours-be\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the UK markets I\u2019d meddle in. What would yours be?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs Theresa May catches the bug with electricity and gas prices capped, here are my suggestions for a few moreWho knew Theresa May was so anti free markets, happy to meddle where competition fails consumers? Now she\u2019s caught the bug with the electricity and gas price cap, here\u2019s my selection of the other markets she should be meddling in. We\u2019d be keen to hear yours, too.Petrol The average UK price is now 116p for unleaded, according to Petrolprices.com. The cheapest supermarket forecourts are charging just 110.7p. But if you\u2019re on the M1 and pull into Newport Pagnell services, the granddaddy of Britain\u2019s motorway service stations (it opened in 1959), you\u2019ll be charged 138p \u2013 making it almost certainly the most expensive petrol in the country. That means you pay an extra \u00a313 if you fill up there compared to a nearby Asda or Morrisons forecourt. Campaigners against rip-off petrol prices managed to get service stations to publicise their prices on motorway boards situated before slip roads, but this seems to have had no noticeable impact on pricing. It\u2019s a clear case of market failure, so ripe for a price cap. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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