Here’s what’s wrong with the current windfall tax
Today BP announced that its annual profits more than doubled to £23bn in 2022, while last week oil and gas giant Shell announced eye-watering profits of £32.2bn, its highest in 115 years.
Basit Mahmood
BP profits more than double to £23bn leading to calls for tougher windfall tax
“Hard-pressed families will rightly feel furious – they are being treated like cash machines.”
Today is the biggest NHS strike in history
Since 2010, paramedics have seen a real terms pay cut of £6,000, while nurses have seen their pay fall by £5,000
Nigel Farage is demolished by John Bercow over Brexit
“The economy has been hit to the tune of about £100billion a year.”
Tories struggling to find candidates for local elections over fears of ‘hammering’
“The doorsteps won’t be fun.”
Liz Truss brutally mocked after blaming downfall on ‘left-wing economic establishment’
“You were brought down because in a matter of weeks you lost the confidence of the financial markets, the electorate and your own MPs”
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Liz Truss is ‘plotting a comeback’
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RMT wins free travel for 5,800 cleaners on London’s transport system
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced he will extend staff free travel to all sub-contracted cleaners
Shell announces record annual profits of £32.2bn, its highest in 115 years
“Not everyone is suffering from a cost of living crisis.”