ALTHOUGH the UK's rate of inflation cooled in July to two per cent, it was pushed higher by petrol prices hitting highs not seen for nearly eight years.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is now in line with the Bank of England’s target and was reduced due to a fall in clothes prices as summer sales took place.

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But it also said petrol was the biggest contributing factor to inflation rising, with average petrol prices at 132.6 pence per litre in July 2021, compared with 111.4 pence per litre a year earlier.

The July price is the highest recorded since September 2013.

We've rounded up the cheapest places you can get petrol in Oxfordshire according to comparison site Confused.com:

Sainsbury's, Didcot

126.9p per litre

Co-op, Didcot

127.9p per litre

Tesco, Didcot

127.9p per litre

Sutton Courtney Tyres

128.9p per litre

Morrisons, Banbury 

129.9p per litre

Gulf Moulsford Service Station, Wallingford

129.9p per litre

ASDA, Carterton

130.7p per litre

Sainsbury's, Kidlington

130.9p per litre

Shell, Banbury

130.9p per litre

Sainsbury's, Banbury

130.9p per litre

Tesco, Bicester

130.9p per litre

Prices were updated on the site on August 11.

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Here's a map of the petrol stations listed indicated by blue markers.

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