How magpie Tories steal Labour policies and rebrand them as their own
by Jamie Grierson from on (#5ZQ08)
As the Conservatives introduce an energy profits levy', we look at their history of copying opposition ideas
It was not a windfall tax but an energy profits levy", according to Rishi Sunak. Perhaps the chancellor's choice of words was to avoid the inevitable suggestion that his government had poached the policy from Labour.
The opposition had been calling for a windfall tax" for months as inflation spiralled to a 40-year high of 9%, regulators warned of huge energy bill rises and Boris Johnson attempted to weather out the Partygate scandal.
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