Treasury ‘tells Healey’ to consider tax on banks and oil

Chancellor John Healey has been presented with a plan to tax oil firms and banks further as bosses in the sectors have posted huge profits, according to reports.  Healey may look to tax businesses at this year’s Budget in order to rebuild a partly-eroded £22.7bn fiscal buffer, and fill spending pledges for defence and

Chancellor 'mulls windfall tax on banks and oil companies'  lbc.co.uk

John Healey is looking to avoid increasing taxes on the public - but must find other ways to plug a gap in public finances