'As Quakers, we are called to care for the earth and for each other, so we cannot accept a tax plan that lets polluters pay less.’

Scrapping windfall tax ‘gift to fossil fuel’

'As Quakers, we are called to care for the earth and for each other, so we cannot accept a tax plan that lets polluters pay less.’

by Rebecca Hardy 9th October 2026

Friends have joined calls for the UK government to resist pressure from the North Sea oil and gas industry to scrap the windfall tax on fossil-fuel firms three years early.

Scrapping windfall tax ‘gift to fossil fuel’

'As Quakers, we are called to care for the earth and for each other, so we cannot accept a tax plan that lets polluters pay less.’

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