ONE in three voters back a windfall tax on oil and gas firms to solve the cost of living crisis, a fresh poll reveals.
It comes as Boris Johnson hauled firms into No10 to order them to invest more cash in Britain after posting pumper profits this week.
Energy giants Shell and BP made more than £12 billion in profits in the first three months of the year, they revealed earlier this week.
And now fresh research reveals 32 per cent of voters think the best way to help Brits is to slap a windfall tax on energy companies’ profits.
And 29 per cent back stripping VAT off domestic energy bills to trim down soaring costs, according to a NatRep poll of voters for Portland Communication.
One in four reckon another cut to fuel duty – as Trending In The News has repeatedly called for with our Keep It Down campaign – would help too.
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Separate polling from Survation for Tax Justice UK found that nearly eight in ten Red Wall voters backed the idea of a tax on oil firms who have seen their taking skyrocket thanks to soaring wholesale costs.
But last night the PM ruled out the idea yet again and stressed it would hit jobs.
He told reporters on a trip to a school in his Uxbridge constituency: “I’ve talked to them both.
“Our message to them, and what is very, very clear, it’s ‘Guys, you know, this is a moment when we need you, as a country, to invest massively in clean, green renewables, in the stuff that is going to make a difference to people’s energy prices’.”
He said it was “better for them to take that cash” and put it into wind farms and hydrogen to drive bills down long-term – rather than slap extra taxes on them now.
