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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Graham Hiscott

Shell CEO urges Liz Truss to impose windfall tax on energy firms to 'protect the poorest'

The boss of Shell has called for Liz Truss’s government to impose a windfall tax on the energy giants to “protect the poorest” and head off social unrest.

Ms Truss has refused to impose further taxes on firms such as Shell, which have made billions from increased wholesale energy prices since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Instead, she will make taxpayers fund a cap on household energy bills.

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