Rejected petition Tax excessive profits made from government Covid contracts.

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.

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“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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