Government exploring “wartime” measures to prevent profiteering on online platforms

New “wartime” measures could be brought in by the government to prevent sellers profiteering from essential items in high demand during the UK’s lockdown.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke out against profiteering “at a critical time and a national emergency” during his daily coronavirus speech at Number 10 yesterday.
This comes after consumer watchdog Which? slammed Ebay and Amazon for failing to do enough to tackle price gouging on their platforms, stating it had