“We’re preparing a number of measures that could be deployed in various scenarios,” Harris said on Sunday. Harris also said the Government may bring forward plans to strengthen the powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to intervene in suspected cases of price gouging by petrol stations during the Middle East crisis. “People now are seeing with their own eyes what’s happening at petrol stations. Afterwards, in Trafalgar Square, crowds watched acts including former Commitments actor Robert Arkins – who played Jimmy Rabbitte in the 1991 film – and Irish singer Carrie Baxter. Elderly member of the Irish community associated with the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith also sang traditional songs from the stage.
