'Nothing is off the table': Jeremy Hunt refuses to rule out windfall tax
Guardian, 18 Oct 2022
The newly appointed chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has said 'nothing is off the table' when asked whether he would implement a genuine windfall tax by the Labour MP Ed Davey. Hunt said: 'I am not against the principle of taxing profits that are genuine windfalls.' During the prime minister's first PMQs in September, Truss insisted she was 'against windfall tax'. Since the chancellor was appointed on Friday, he has announced he will be scrapping the majority of tax cuts originally put forward by Truss and the former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng
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