This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Tax excessive profits made from government Covid contracts.
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During a period of emergency contracts were given that enabled excessive profits to be made. This took advantage of the nation as a whole.
The UK government introduced excessive profits tax legislation in both the First and Second World Wars.
“The profiteering that cannot be got at by the restraints of conscience and love of country can be got at by taxation.” – US President Woodrow Wilson, 1918.
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