Labour's Wes Streeting insists oil and gas windfall tax is needed to fund new energy plan

Labour intends to put an additional windfall tax on oil and gas giants to fund its key priorities - we ask shadow health secretary Wes Streeting if they will re-think that plan.
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[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Tories will bleat that the oil and gas companies must be allowed to continue to rip of the British consumers and pay even less in tax.. so the they can pick up the dividends.

[@terryh5741]

Wes streeting is beyond smug. I hope this country wakes up and does the right thing

[@pipoo1]

Yes. Elects a Labour Government

[@terryh5741]

@@pipoo1 in your dreams

[@chilloutcentral2097]

I think Wes streeting managed that very well

[@user-kv4fn7mu5t]

Energy prices are shocking it's changed my whole life I live like a homeless person in my house I used a camping cooker I got rid of my cooker two years ago to keep my electric bill down but the extra charges have forced me to totally change the way I live my energy company OVO energy still want more money from me I don't use my light's I use battery powered lights I cannot see an end to the energy companies greed

[@T5Zplayer]

"Dianna Johnson has been fighting for justice........"......pity Liebour didn't when in power.

[@alandraper7901]

Wes Streeting talking about taxing companies. Talk about hypocrisy. Wasn't Starmer talking about supporting companies. That's soon changed.

[@singlendhot8628]

They haven't even entered government and they have already started taxation conversations. Labour is out of the frying pan into the fire!

[@jimoconnor2594]

Why doesn't the archbishop ask his big boss up in the sky to come down and help out ?

[@Itsnotcomplicatedreally]

He's help is earned not just handed out. Unfortunately at the moment we are working against him so why should he help?

[@Bungle-UK]

@@ItsnotcomplicatedreallyBecause even Welby knows he doesn’t exist 😂

[@dude44045]

He must have done? Look at the state of the Tories. But maybe the preset motion of things is enough for this test we call life? FYI not a Christian.

[@footballfan321-xt3ku]

​@@Itsnotcomplicatedreallywellw hy is he getting involved in politics? Regardless of if its the right thing or not hes not an mp and surely hes actually nott allowed to interfere with politics

[@Bungle-UK]

@@footballfan321-xt3ku Sadly he is a member of the House of Lords. Of course, if the Archbishop was that bothered about poverty, he could sell some of his palaces 🤷‍♂️

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

French Finance Minister in 1995 , Alain Madelain , said around 1997 , on television that the bormel functioning of public finances rellies upon the principlle that : ".... Tje State ( the Treasury ) gives to the public with one hand , and with the other hand , the State ( the Treasury ) takes it ( thee that it gave ) back ...." .

[@lestrem11]

That’s interesting. The Unite union has said that Labour is talking bollocks.

[@busterbuster1641]

Red tory Wes. Traitor

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

Heard this before Before the last price increase

[@jayparmar2322]

Labour Taking load of crap as usual 😅

[@fintamaria2429]

We choose people who only know how to sell Illusions, and then we wait for results…GOOD LUCK…..We don't want to see people who in the past solved problems who had projects and managed them very well, work projects, family projects. People who did from nothing to great things!!!

[@JagjitSingh-bz2kp]

Good

[@Bungle-UK]

He does realise that these costs are just then passed on to the consumer in higher bills - the companies never foot the bill for a ‘windfall tax’.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Scam.

[@honourthefire9182]

The whole system needs reformation. We cant carry on having smug rich privately educated self serving greedy politicians running the gaff. Peoples Assembly! Power to the People 💚

[@jakel8627]

🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺 🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺 🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺

[@Darren-pq5oc]

We should rejoin and prove to the world how might the eu is and weak the uk is, we can drop the name great and just be called that dump in the north sea

[@Bevrinton]

Lol jeez let it go and focus on more important issues like getting a job paying taxes working for a living etc.

[@footballfan321-xt3ku]

Its too late now sadly

[@Bevrinton]

@@footballfan321-xt3ku it’s never too late to get a job pay taxes and work for a living

[@songscoops4205]

Clueless Labour

[@gftjghdt3582]

More labour bullshit

[@daviesjacques8342]

nationalise all the utilities

[@T5Zplayer]

@@daviesjacques8342 Been done, didn't work.🥱

[@markchawner1586]

Absolutely frightening and bewildering for the country to think that individuals such as this one will soon be in Government of us ..... Hideous, Heaven Help Us 😡

[@wilbur1884]

LAYBOUR PARTY NEED'S DA GET ON DA PILL 💊 SO NEXT TIME LAYBOUR WON'T BE AN ISSUE IF SO CALL JULIA MICHAEL'S HAVE HER SING HER SONG ISSUE'S CUZ LAYBOUR'S GOT REAL ISSUE'S 💊🤣🤣🤣

[@stuontwo677]

Please try and write a coherent comment.

[@crayontom9687]

Jim Ratcliffe can get in the bin. Migration is keeping the NHS running 😂

[@T5Zplayer]

Rubbish, the heavy taxes taken from my pension is bailing out the NHS. Its migration numbers that has finished the NHS.

[@davidoldboy5425]

After Oil and Gas they're going for a windfall on pensions tax for those that have worked and saved, the usual Labour targets