Exclusive: Windfall tax was changed after “intense” Big Oil lobbying
"Ministers have serious questions to answer about the extent and influence of fossil fuel lobbyists," says Green MP Caroline Lucas
The Treasury introduced significant changes to the windfall tax on oil and gas profits after what a civil servant described as “intense lobbying” by the fossil fuel industry, according to documents obtained by this newsletter.
The ‘energy profits levy’ was introduced last July after prices reached historic highs following the Ukraine war, leading to reco…
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