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The enterprise secretary has ordered an “urgent” investigation into petrol station operators amid issues some are pocketing the multi-billion reduce to gas responsibility.

In a letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Kwasi Kwarteng stated individuals have been “rightly frustrated” that the 5p-a-litre discount had not stopped costs from hovering.

Noting regional disparities in petrol costs, the Spelthorne MP requested for suggestions to “strengthen competition” within the petrol market by early July.

He wrote: “Drivers should be getting a fair deal for fuel across the UK.

“The British persons are rightly annoyed that the £5 billion bundle doesn’t all the time seem to have been handed by to forecourt costs.

“I am writing to you to ask that the CMA conduct an urgent review of the fuel market … to explore whether the retail fuel market has adversely affected consumer interests.”

Rwanda’s lead negotiator for the deportation settlement with the UK has stated the nation is able to settle for individuals in “tens of thousands”, however will begin on a gradual foundation.

Doris Uwicyeza, chief technical adviser to the Rwandan Ministry of Justice, instructed Tom Swarbrick on LBC: “Rwanda stands ready to receive as many as possible under this partnership, we have the capacity to receive in the tens of thousands but for the moment it will be on a gradual basis.

“The UK is offering substantial funding to spice up the event of Rwanda, together with jobs, abilities and alternatives to learn each migrants and host communities.”

Ms Uwicyeza also defended Rwanda’s human rights record and said it was not illegal to be homosexual.

Labour is “on our method again”, the shadow chancellor has claimed.

Asked about polling by Opinium which found Sir Keir Starmer was a less popular choice for prime minister than Boris Johnson, Rachel Reeves told Times Radio Labour was “now the one political social gathering that controls councils in Scotland, Wales and England”, following the local elections.

She added: “We are a celebration that’s on our method again after that catastrophic defeat (the 2019 normal election).

“We have got a couple of by-elections coming up in less that two weeks’ time in Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton, that is also an opportunity for voters to give their verdict on Labour’s offer and also their verdict on how Boris Johnson and the Conservatives are getting on at the moment.”

Asked the place Labour’s huge insurance policies are, Ms Reeves stated: “If two years ago someone had said Labour might be back in office within one term after that catastrophic defeat, I think most people would have just said you are crazy. But that is now a very real possibility.”

She added that Sir Keir had rotated a celebration “riven by antisemitism”.

Brandon Lewis wouldn’t be drawn on whether or not new laws being launched to parliament on Monday will embrace plans to scrap the position of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Northern Ireland.

He instructed Times Radio: “I’m not going to prejudge, it’s right that we allow parliament to have first sight of the legislation.

“We have been very clear from the start that the governance challenge, we perceive is a matter. It is an issue for individuals in Northern Ireland.

“It’s particularly a problem in the unionist community because it’s part of the issue about identity and, again, part of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement is respecting both the core communities of Northern Ireland.

“The unionist group do have a problem with identification, which I believe generally our colleagues and mates within the EU battle to grasp.”

Boris Johnson is “on probation” and could still be removed from office if he fails to win back the trust of Tory MPs, a former minister has said.

Lord Ian Duncan, who served in various ministerial posts under Theresa May and Boris Johnson after he entered the House of Lords in 2017, said the prime minister “has a activity to do” after 148 of his MPs voted in favour of his removal in a confidence vote on Monday, admitting the chances of the prime minister continuing for a long time were “slim”.

The prime minister won the vote, which was called after 54 MPs submitted letters of no confidence to the backbench 1922 Committee following the release of the Sue Gray report which detailed a number of gatherings in Downing Street during the pandemic, one of which resulted in a police fine for Mr Johnson, his wife and Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

“He’s acquired a activity forward of him proper now, he’s on probation,” Lord Duncan told BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show.

“If he fails that probation, the Tory social gathering will do what it all the time does with leaders who will not be delivering – they may take away him.”

Brandon Lewis said “no determination has been made but” on whether agency workers will be brought in to replace striking railway staff.

It is understood Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has not ruled out the option, with travellers facing chaos due to widespread industrial action.

Asked if agency staff will be brought in to replace rail workers in the strikes this summer, the Northern Ireland Secretary told LBC’s Swarbrick on Sunday: “No determination has been made but

“Grant Shapps has said he doesn’t take anything off the table, he wants to look at all options to make sure we keep railways running.”

Brandon Lewis stated he would help bringing ahead the chancellor’s deliberate earnings tax reduce “when we can afford to do it”.

The Northern Ireland secretary stated the federal government should be “prudent” with taxpayers’ cash.

Asked if he would need the 1p reduce to return sooner than 2024, he instructed the BBC’s Sunday Morning: “I’d only want it to come forward when we can afford to do it.

“We can not go and burden the following era with extra debt that they then should pay the curiosity on. We’ve acquired to be fiscally wise. That’s the robust choices for presidency.

We’ve by no means shied away from that and I believe it is proper that we get that steadiness. It’s a cautious steadiness and I do know it is one the chancellor and the prime minister are decided to get proper.”

Business leaders have warned Boris Johnson the crisis engulfing his government risks undermining business confidence and potentially tipping the UK into recession.

Tony Danker, the director general of the CBI, said he thought the UK could still avoid entering recession in the coming months.

But he warned: “There’s a very simple chain of events, which is when business confidence is high businesses invest and grow, recession is avoided.”

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Brandon Lewis said the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary are “absolutely engaged” in trying to help two British soldiers handed the death penalty for fighting Russian forces.

Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to do “every little thing of their energy” to secure the release of Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, after the pair were condemned to death in what the UK Government has described as a “sham” sentencing.

Asked if there is anything Britain can actually do, the Northern Ireland Secretary told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “It’s tough to enter the main points of any specific case. And, clearly, significantly with out the consent of the people.

“But the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister, I know, are fully engaged on this, working with the Ukrainians because they were serving Ukrainian armed forces, and therefore they are protected by the Geneva Convention, something that all governments around the world have respected for decades now.

“It’s one thing that Russia ought to respect as nicely. As I say, we have seen (Vladimir) Putin act in a reasonably abhorrent and unlawful method constantly over the previous few months.

“We’ve got to keep that pressure on and do everything we can to support not just these families, but actually everybody who’s fighting for democracy in Ukraine.”

Brandon Lewis has accused the EU of being “disingenuous” about providing “flexibilities” on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

He instructed the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme: “What they’ve been saying consistently across the media and have been reported as saying is that they’re offering flexibilities. Well, they’re not.

“What the EU are providing is a few flexibility based mostly on a fully-implemented protocol. That would be, really, worse than the scenario we have in the present day.”

He added: “So, I do assume they have been disingenuous in suggesting they’re being versatile when in reality they’ve not proven the pliability that is required to resolve these points for the individuals of Northern Ireland.”