Government taps oil and gas profits to help pay for fresh £15bn energy bills support package

Michael Holder
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

U-turn will see oil and gas firms to help pay additional 25 per cent windfall tax on profits to help pay for fresh measures to support households with soaring energy bills

Rishi Sunak has today announced a temporary levy on oil and gas company profits in order to help fund a fresh £15bn package of measures to support households facing soaring energy bills, marking a major...

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