sentences:  Despite the BBC later reporting in early September that such a windfall tax was "still an option", then Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed at the Labour Party conference later that month that the idea had been scrapped.The issue was raised again in 2013, led by former Prime Minister John Major, who described the recent energy price rises of more than 10% "unacceptable", calling for a one-off emergency tax.A windfall tax on oil and gas companies featured in the Labour manifesto in the 2019 general election.