Councillor Mike Amesbury backs Unite calls for windfall tax on energy companies
Unite the union, Britain's biggest union has today called for a windfall tax on energy companies and has branded their recent price hikes as excessive.
The union is warning that the latest round of price increases will damage British industry and hit the vulnerable, old and poor. According to Ofgem, power companies are in line for a £9 billion windfall from the European Emissions Trading Scheme. Coupled with the significant profits energy companies are making the union believes there is a strong case for the Treasury to levy a windfall tax to help the vulnerable struggling to pay their energy bills.
“There is a strong case for the government to levy a windfall tax on energy companies. By any standards these recent increases are excessive. Many of my constituents are already struggling to cope with fuel bills, these rises will have a detrimental effect on the vulnerable, old and poor.
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Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA
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Never mind a windfall tax ... there's absolutely no case whatsoever for these mega profits to continue flowing to shareholders pockets instead of the public purse!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with the comment of the annon poster. I would, however, in addition, put the question why National Government have actively diverted funds away from local initiatives from where the funds were generates, in the form of Council Tax, Fixed Penalty Fines etc, into other cost gobbling initiatives that have no impact on the local community that the Local Government Councils are supposed to be pioneering.
ReplyDeleteFor too long National and Local Government has been diverting attention and funds from the main problem areas which are prevalent and which fall outside of the Villages of Westminster and Albert Square.
The politicians should stop pandering the the whims of the Corporate Fat Cats and again start listening and acting on the concerns and hardships of the people who actually put them the politicians in office.