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Four in five back a windfall tax on energy and oil companies

August 10, 2022 - 5:46 pm

With windfall taxes back in the news, YouGov has new polling out showing strong public support for the idea:

The vast majority of both Conservative (82%) and Labour (85%) voters would support an additional one-off tax on energy and oil companies who have seen larger profits due to energy price riseshttps://t.co/T0Amgc5IfI pic.twitter.com/j1t0MafQJc
— YouGov (@YouGov) August 10, 2022

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