"UK supermarkets have been asked by the government to consider freezing the prices of some essential foodstuffs to protect the public from inflation fuelled by the Middle East conflict. This is not the same as the SNP's proposal for mandatory price caps on essential food items in supermarkets. The UK government is looking at some sort of voluntary scheme."
"On the Today programme, Dan Tomlinson, a Treasury minister, did not deny the story, but he stressed that this was not a government announcement, just a story about what ministers might be looking at. He said it was right for ministers to consider ideas that could help people with the cost of living."
"Last night the government announced that it is relaxing sanctions on Russian oil that has been refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries. This morning Badenoch claimed this showed that the government's refusal to allow new drilling in the North Sea was insane. After 18 months of standing up to Putin the Labour govt quietly issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries."
"Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences. We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea. Insane."
UK supermarkets have been asked to consider freezing prices of some essential food items to protect the public from inflation linked to the Middle East conflict. The approach is described as voluntary rather than mandatory price caps. A Treasury minister said ministers are considering ideas to help with the cost of living and that there was no government announcement. Conservatives plan to raise the issue during PMQs, arguing it resembles Soviet-style measures. Separately, the government announced it is relaxing sanctions on Russian oil refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries. Conservatives claim this shows refusal to allow new North Sea drilling is irrational, pointing to a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined abroad while Labour MPs previously voted against UK oil and gas licences.
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