“I wouldn’t want to hurt anybody’s chances by offering my support,” Johnson said in his first appearance with reporters since announcing his resignation.
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson declined today to endorse any of the candidates in the race to succeed him, saying he did not want to hurt their chances.
“I wouldn’t want to hurt anybody’s chances by offering my support,” Johnson said in his first appearance with reporters since last week. announced his intention to leave.
At the same time, his spokesman said that Johnson did not plan to impose an extraordinary tax on the profits of electricity companies before he leaves the post of prime minister.
Asked if the one-time tax introduced on oil and gas producers would be extended to power companies, the spokesman said: “We will not seek to set new policies or major fiscal decisions. So there are no plans for something like that.”
“We will continue to assess the size of the gains and consider appropriate steps but there are no plans to introduce or extend this to that group,” he added.
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