Gas companies spend $11.2 million on advertising ahead of a government decision to drop a proposed windfall profits tax, according to reports from three outlets. The coverage says the industry increases its advertising spend by about 50% compared with the previous year while it campaigns against the tax change. The proposed measure is described as one that could have cost gas producers billions, prompting a push for the plan’s removal. All three sources tie the spending directly to the period when the tax was under consideration, portraying the ad campaign as part of the broader effort to influence government policy. The reports also indicate the spending occurs before the government kills off the idea of the windfall profit tax, avoiding the potential billions in costs that companies expected from the proposal. Overall, the articles focus on the timing and scale of the advertising campaign and its connection to the proposed tax, presenting the decision as a turning point for the industry’s concerns and response.