THE price of fuel is slowly getting lower at Hereford petrol stations as the government sets out a new energy strategy.

Secretary of State at the Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng said the government's new energy strategy would "accelerate our transition away from expensive fossil fuel prices set by global markets we cannot control".

He said: "We have achieved a five-fold increase in renewables. The British energy security strategy marks a significant acceleration in our ambition.

"It is confirmation of three mutually re-enforcing goals of our energy policy, indeed of any well constituted energy policy: security, affordability, and sustainability."

The minister added: "We recognise the pressures that many people across our country are facing with the cost of living.

"This has been greatly influenced as we all know by global factors and that is why the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a £9 billion package of support, including a £150 council tax rebate this month and a £200 energy bill discount in October to cut energy bills quickly for the vast majority of households."

In Hereford Asda has not changed its prices since Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to cut fuel duty by five pence a litre in March.

Meanwhile Tesco Belmont reopened last Thursday (April 14) offering drivers some of the lowest prices in Hereford.

Here is a list of the cheapest places to fill up the car in the city, according to petrol price per litre (correct as of Monday, April 21):

1. Shell, Whitecross Road: 156.8p unleaded, 175.9p diesel

2. Tesco, Belmont: 156.9p unleaded, 171.9p diesel

3. Asda, Belmont Road: 158.7p unleaded, 170.7p diesel

4. Esso, Ledbury Road: 158.9p unleaded, 171.9p diesel

5. Sainsbury's, Barton Yard: 158.9p unleaded, 172.9p diesel

6. Hinton Service Station, Ross Road: 159.8p unleaded, 170.8p diesel

7. Texaco, Ledbury Road: 159.9p unleaded, 174.9p diesel

8. Texaco, Commercial Road: 159.9p unleaded, 175.9p diesel

9. Co-op, Holmer Road: 161.9p unleaded, 177.9p diesel

10. BP, The Straight Mile: 162.9p unleaded

All prices are correct at time of writing.