the independent, which says soaring profits at energy companies are sparking outrage after they pass billions of pounds of profits onto shareholders. higher energy bills are also on the front of the financial times, as british gas owner centrica urges the government to support households as their profits also soar. the daily express leads with what they call an exclusive message from rishi sunak, who is vowing to double the number of foreign criminals who are deported if he becomes prime minister. he s been speaking with liz truss at a hustings at leeds in the last few hours. the guardian has a photo of a giant bull on its frontpage from the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games in birmingham. the metro goes with a court case involving met police who worked with sarah everard s killer, wayne cousins. the energy story is dominating a lot of the broadsheets. what do you make of the broadsheets. what do you make of it, the energy firms profit surges, that s the splash fro
and manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in sue gray s report on lockdown parties has passed. the senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is, i do
rateable value and ease and an increase in digital services tax to pay for that. increase in digital services tax to pay for that- increase in digital services tax to i pay for that we pay for that. that is temporary. we would like to pay for that. that is temporary. we would like to use pay for that. that is temporary. we would like to use that pay for that. that is temporary. we would like to use that to pay for that. that is temporary. we would like to use that to cross i would like to use that to cross subsidise the business rate receipts so we reduce the burden overall. will smaller businesses pay less business rates under labour? it would depend on the rateable value and people would be different amounts but we want to reduce that burden. that is why business rates are so important. and we should let smaller businesses play a much bigger role in having access to government contracts so we would have to smaller government procurement contracts at least one sme when procu
over the excess profits of 1.3 billion pounds over the last six months, we have shell over the last six months, we have shell reporting profits of £10,000,000,000- these shell reporting profits of £10,000,000,000 these are huge sums, £10,000,000,000 these are huge sums, which suggests something is not right sums, which suggests something is not right i sums, which suggests something is not right. i think that windfall tax needs not right. i think that windfall tax needs to not right. i think that windfall tax needs to be tougher, because the government could have set it at a more government could have set it at a more extensive rate to get more money, more extensive rate to get more money, and it offsets it with that tax relief. money, and it offsets it with that tax relief, which is £19 billion a year from tax relief, which is £19 billion a year from taxpayer monies i think all of year from taxpayer monies i think all of that year from taxpayer monies
to take the just can t absorb these price rises to take the hit. but just can t absorb these price rises to take the hit. to take the hit. but isn t it more completed to take the hit. but isn t it more completed than to take the hit. but isn t it more completed than that, to take the hit. but isn t it more completed than that, that - to take the hit. but isn t it more i completed than that, that they are different parts of the company? so if they own assets and are making money on that, but in terms of the delivery, they are not making that much money. delivery, they are not making that much money- delivery, they are not making that muchmone. . , , .,~ much money. which is why i m talking about across much money. which is why i m talking about across the much money. which is why i m talking about across the sector. much money. which is why i m talking about across the sector. i m much money. which is why i m talking about across the sector. i m not - about across the