The move comes as the Prime Minister faces growing pressure from the Conservatives over his leadership, with a growing number of MPs sending letters of censure to Mr. Johnson and three ministers publicly criticizing Downing Street for the party scandal.
Commerce Minister Penny Mordaunt told voters that Sue Gray’s breach of the rules was “shameful.”
Ms Mordaunt said she was “angry” with those on Downing Street who ignored Covid’s rules while blocking “reasonable requests to relax restrictions” during the pandemic.
Treasury Secretary John Glen said Johnson was now in “yellow card territory,” and Science Minister George Freeman said: “The report makes it clear that this is a deeper issue. the culture of number 10 … to repair, damaged public confidence, now serious changes need to be made “.
“We want to boost the market”
Johnson’s war on gasoline retailers follows the announcement of a special tax on oil and gas companies last week. The RAC has said retailers are “taking an average of 2 per cent more per liter” than before the 5 per cent cut.
Last week, senior ministers discussed the idea of imposing a similar tax on oil companies.
In a phone call from the cabinet, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi noted that the gross profit from fuel sales reported by EG Group, the foreign giant, rose 16 percent in the first quarter of the year. ‘year.
But a government source said that number 10 and the ministers had decided to look for a less “interventionist” measure.
“We want to boost the market. We are not about to intervene,” the source said.
A Downing Street source added, “We’re not looking at any other taxes.”
A cabinet minister said: “It doesn’t depend on the government how much profit companies make. But when we offer a 5p cut in debt, expect good capitalists to pass it on.”
The Competition and Markets Authority is “following the situation closely”.
In this newspaper, David Davis, the former cabinet minister who warned on Saturday that Conservative MPs “see their own seats disappear”, said: “What the government should not do now is overburden us and then return. “We should take every opportunity to reduce or cancel taxes.”
In a separate article, Robert Jenrick, the former Secretary of Housing, said it was “difficult to explain what sets us apart from our opponents.”