The leading candidate to win control of Britain's opposition Labour Party said he would introduce a punitive windfall tax, aimed at recouping money lost by privatising state assets too cheaply, if he becomes prime minister in 2020.That would be a sure way of getting a lower than market price for future sales.
Taking specific aim at Royal Bank of Scotland, in which the government recently sold some of the large stake it owns, leftwing lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn pledged to revive a windfall tax on profits previously deployed by Labour when it won power in 1997.
Then, the incoming Labour government raised around 5 billion pounds by taxing utility firms that it said had been privatised too cheaply and were making excessive profits.
Friday, September 11, 2015
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