An energy windfall tax too far?

James Murray
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An energy windfall tax too far?

New paper from Energy UK warns extending windfall tax to cover power generators would seriously undermine net zero transition and push up energy bills in the long term

With Number 10 desperately hunting for policies that might save Boris Johnson's embattled premiership, attention has quickly turned to one of the few things that can unite the warring Tory tribes: tax...

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