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Schemes must urge fossil fuel firms to spend more surplus cash on green transition

Windfall profits should be used for investment not share buybacks, writes Charlotte Moore

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16 August 2022 • 3 min read

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Charlotte Moore says it is time to get fossil fuel firms to reprioritise surplus cash

Yesterday morning Labour turned up the heat on the cost-of-living debate announcing consumers would pay “not a penny more” on their energy bills this winter.

The party's aim is to save the average household £1,000 a year and this would, in part, be paid for through an additional tax for oil and gas companies. Whatever your view of a windfall tax, Lab...

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Schemes must urge fossil fuel firms to spend more surplus cash on green transition

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