Rishi Sunak has announced a ￡15bn package to help UK households facing a further hike in energy bills this autumn, while completing a major U-turn with a ￡5bn windfall tax on oil and gas companies to help pay for it.
The chancellor also said he was considering “appropriate steps” to target “extraordinary profits” made by electricity generators. A windfall tax on that sector could bring in a further ￡3bn-￡4bn.
Sunak had long resisted a windfall tax but concluded that the levy was needed to help fund a big package of measures to help all households cope with the cost of living crisis, with a renewed focus on poorer citizens.
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