Tesco chairman says customers are ‘extremely overstretched’ as he calls for windfall tax on energy firms

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Tesco chairman John Allen told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the supermarket’s customers are “extremely stretched”, adding there was an “overwhelming need” for a windfall tax on energy companies.

When asked what he wanted to see from the Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament today, he said: “First of all, I think action to help people cope with a very, very sharp increase in energy prices.

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