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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Danny Halpin

British public ‘being ripped off’ as Shell pays just 22p in tax per citizen despite record profits

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The British public are being “ripped off” by Shell, which made record profits of £32 billion last year while paying the equivalent of 22p per UK citizen in tax, campaigners have said.

In a new comedy sketch released in time for Shell’s AGM on Tuesday, satirist Jolyon Rubenstein pretends to be a representative of the fictional charity We’re Richer Because You’re Poorer and hands out 22p to members of the British public.

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