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Evening Standard
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Rhiannon Curry

Shell’s CEO calls for business tax to help poorest consumers meet energy costs

Ben van Beurden has led the oil major for nine years (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

European governments should tax businesses to help people meet soaring energy costs but shouldn’t intervene to cap gas prices, according to Shell’s chief executive.

Ben van Beurden told the Energy Intelligence Forum in London on Tuesday that European energy prices and the huge volatility in the markets threatened broader social instability.

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