Supermarket giants Asda and Tesco have joined Morrisons in cutting petrol prices to less than £1 per litre. Earlier this week, Morrisons dropped the cost of its fuel to a maximum of 99.7p per litre at all its UK forecourts.
The supermarket said it was the first time fuel has been "sold nationally" for less than £1 per litre since February 2016. It also cut its diesel price to no more than 104.7p per litre.
Tesco then followed suit and announced petrol will cost no more than 99.9p per litre while diesel will not rise above 105.9p per litre - Asda has cut its prices to the same level.
Speaking about the fuel price drop, Morrisons' head of fuel Ashley Myers said: "This cut will help people who are travelling to work, those shopping for