Ed Miliband responds to BP’s Q1 2022 profits

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, responding to BP’s Q1 2022 profits, said:

“Today’s profits at BP are damning evidence of the failure of the government to levy a proper windfall tax.

“Rishi Sunak should be hanging his head in shame that he has left billions of windfall profits in the pockets of oil and gas companies, while the British people face a cost of living crisis.

“Even if he U-turns on a windfall tax now, the oil and gas companies have taken billions from the cash machine that is the British people’s energy bills —and Rishi Sunak has let it happen.

“The Conservatives are not on the side of working people. Labour led the way in calling for the energy price freeze, and only our plan to make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030 can cut bills for good.”