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"Shady middle men" and "speculators" are driving up the cost of petrol, according to a new report from the AA. The association has called for an inquiry into the operations of trading groups such as Glencore and Cargill, over claims the firms are buying large quantities of petroleum on the open market and storing it until t...
SNP press release Former Labour Chancellor Denis Healey has admitted the Treasury purposely played down the value of Scotland’s oil reserves in the 1970s because o...
Tim Yeo, Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, said that it was worth paying the high price of new nuclear power stations. “Of course, this is ...
Downing Street said the Government would provide assistance to the European Commission to "get to the bottom" of market manipulation by some of the world's top oil f...
Thank you, Mr Speaker. The allegations that have been made about these three oil companies – BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil, as well as the price reporting age...
Energy firms that have participated in price fixing should face the "full force of the law", the Energy Secretary said today. Ed Davey was speaking after it was r...
15/05/2013