Also Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe witnessed his pay and bonus package more than double to £2.6 million for the past year.
The Daily Mirror reported the cost per kilo of Icelandic cod has jumped from £7.80 in October to £16, while potato costs have risen by 30%.
“Ministers have no hesitation in calling for public sector pay restraint, but turn a blind eye to shocking City excess."
“I mean, we have got serious problems in the world and we’re now saying let’s go backwards."
“It is a glaringly obvious case of corporate greed and those in power should be doing more to cut down on the amount of wiggle room these businesses are able to find when everyday families are struggling to survive.”
Small firms are facing a "ticking time bomb" without further support, industry chiefs warned.
Starmer urged Mr Johnson to make an “inevitable U-turn” on imposing a windfall tax on oil and gas producers.
"Royal Mail record an operating profit of £758 million & immediately announce plans to hike their prices. Do you see how it works?"
"Putin invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago, and yet fossil fuel money from the UK is still funding his war chest," said Greenpeace.
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