 Stronger profits from Barclays PLC LSE:BARC, HSBC Holdings PLC LSE:HSBA, Standard Chartered PLC and their European peers have raised the prospects of potential bank windfall taxes in the UK and on the continent. The UKs new chancellor of the exchequer is expected to reverse the planned decrease in the bank surcharge when he delivers his delayed fiscal statement, which was today confirmed for 17 November rather than 31 October as had been planned. 