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David Lynch

Lib Dems call for tax on big banks to create new energy loans scheme

Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper delivers her keynote speech during the party’s autumn conference (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

The big banks should be taxed to raise cash that will help people to make their homes more energy efficient, the Lib Dems have said.

Daisy Cooper, the party’s Treasury spokeswoman and deputy leader, called for a time-limited windfall tax on unexpected profits the banks made from the quantitative easing programme which followed the global economic crisis of the late 2000s.

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