🔴A Treasury minister on Monday ordered energy giants to boost their UK investment plans or risk a windfall tax
The debate on a windfall tax has split the Conservative party with some MPs, ministers and aides arguing such a levy would be “unconservative” while others have insisted Tory governments have imposed windfall taxes in the past including Margaret Thatcher’s.
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