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Guido Fawkes21 Aug 2026

Guido Whispers: Building Bridges…

Guido Fawkes members get access to Guido Whispers, our exclusive insiders-only newsletter revealing all the latest gossip and tittle-tattle swirling around Westminster. To read it, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip first…

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Guido Fawkes20 Aug 2026

Welsh Government Hands More Than £800,000 to Asylum Seeker ‘Sanctuary’ Charity

The Welsh Government is handing out hundreds of thousands in taxpayer contracts to organisations supporting asylum seekers, despite immigration being a brief reserved to Westminster. Plaid… Last week Sioned Williams, thr the Welsh Deputy First Minister and ‘Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality’ said the Welsh Refugee Council has been “allocated £840,000 (including VAT)…

PoliticsEconomyImmigrationReform
Guido Fawkes20 Aug 2026

Sue Gray: Working in Starmer’s No10 Was “Unbearable”

Keir Starmer’s ex-chief of staff Sue Gray has given both barrels to her former colleagues in Number 10, claiming it was “unbearable” working in Starmer’s team and lamenting the briefings against her during her (brief) tenure in Downing Street. She told Ed Balls on the Political Currency podcast: “Stories about supposedly trying to move Morgan…

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Guido Fawkes19 Aug 2026

Only Half of Eligible Taxpayers File First ‘Making Tax Digital’ Return

Just over half of eligible taxpayers filed their first of five annual tax returns in the hated new ‘Making Tax Digital’ scheme. This is going to be a disaster… Last year HMRC told more than 864,000 sole traders and landlords that they were required to enter Making Tax Digital for Income Tax from 6 April…

PoliticsEconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes19 Aug 2026

Inflation Jumps to 2.9% in July

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that inflation jumped to 2.9% in July, up from 2.6% the month before. As expected by economists… The jump was attributed to a rise in energy prices – especially gas costs – and increases in the price of furniture and clothing. John Healey said: “Iran war…

PoliticsEconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes18 Aug 2026

Ex-Cabinet Secretary Wormald Handed £500,000 Payout After Starmer Sacking

According to the FT, former Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald received a staggering £500,000 payout after Starmer sacked him in February. A record sum which is almost double the expected amount, and paid by the taxpayer. Thanks Keir… His sudden departure after just 14 months in the job – once Starmer decided he’d made the wrong…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Staff From Trade Union and Left-Wing Think Tank Seconded to Energy Department

The Energy Department has taken on staff from Labour’s favourite leftist think tank and the TUC. Civil servants not sufficiently left-wing? As of last month (though prior to Burnham’s ascension) DESNZ said in response to a parliamentary question from Tory MP Charlie Dewhirst: “An individual from the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) has been…

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Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Louise Haigh Also Loses Control of National Fraud Initiative

Convicted fraudster Louise Haigh has lost responsibility for another fraud component of the Cabinet Office. Presumably come October she’ll be too busy firing out emergency alerts about how it’s a bit nippy out… As part of the machinery of government changes on Burnham’s ascension to No10 the Cabinet Office  – run by Haigh who is…

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Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Downing Street Insists Triggering Mobile Alert Was “Entirely Appropriate”

Number 10 is doubling down on the decision to activate its emergency alert system across millions of Brits’ phones on Friday evening. The PM’s spokesman insisted today that the threat of wildfires was an “emergency situation“, and “it was an entirely appropriate use of the system”. Those confused by their phone’s screams on a quiet…

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Guido Fawkes17 Aug 2026

Guido Whispers: Mixed Signals…

Guido Fawkes members get access to Guido Whispers, our exclusive insiders-only newsletter revealing all the latest gossip and tittle-tattle swirling around Westminster. To read it, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip first…

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Guido Fawkes14 Aug 2026

Standards Commissioner Reopens Investigation Into Farage

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg has reopened the probe into Nigel Farage’s donations after his victory in the Clacton by-election. The investigation was paused during the campaign, but the web page has been updated following Farage’s victory. Farage told GB News: “This is an overwhelming endorsement of me. I have had enough of being…

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
Guido Fawkes14 Aug 2026

Nigel Farage Wins With Increased Vote Share in Clacton

Farage told supporters: “We have beaten the candidate for the uniparty: Count Binface.” The results: Farage: 22,239 votes. 63% Count Binface: 9,455 votes. 27% Turnout was 44% which is healthy for a by-election. Reform is in a row with Essex Police after Farage declined appearing at the count because of an upcoming “disruption” which he…

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