UK must heed call for windfall tax

Government finding it increasingly difficult to justify avoiding one-off levy on sector’s soaring profits

Hands on the purse strings: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London this week
Hands on the purse strings: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London this weekPhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX
Published 25 May 2022, 14:54Updated 25 May 2022, 14:54