Kemi Badenoch: Tories were wrong to extend windfall tax
The former business secretary rejects the idea, reinforced by Labour, that ‘if you just tax things, the money will come in freely’
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The former business secretary rejects the idea, reinforced by Labour, that ‘if you just tax things, the money will come in freely’
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