Calls for a windfall tax after BP announced rising profits are among the stories leading the papers.
The Financial Times says that oil giant BP's "bumper earnings" have stoked calls for a windfall tax to offset fuel bills. The company recorded its highest quarterly earnings in more than a decade thanks to soaring prices for hydrocarbons. Labour has led calls for a tax on gas and oil profits from the North Sea.
President Joe Biden has said the move "imperils civil rights".The Daily Mail continues its series of stories on what it calls "beergate" as it says Sir Keir Starmer was "left squirming as he struggled to fend off questions over pictures of him drinking a beer while in Durham during Covid restrictions. The paper calls him the "man who just can't answer a straight question".
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