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Evening Standard
Business
Oscar Williams-Grut and David Bond

BP’s £5bn profit triggers fresh calls for energy windfall tax

A BP logo at a petrol station in Tonbridge

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

BP is facing renewed calls to divert some of its profits to help ease the cost of living crisis after the oil giant announced underlying profits of $6.2illion (£4.94m) - its highest quarterly earnings in over 10 years.

Despte the company announcing a $25 billion hit from its decision to exit Russia, pushing the oil giant to a quarterly loss of $20.3 billion (£16.2 billion), the firm’s underlying performance sparked fresh demands for a one off windfall tax.

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