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Guido Fawkes29 Apr 2026

Farage: “I Made a Mistake” on Two-Child Benefit Cap Policy

Nigel Farage has said it was a “mistake” to announce last year that Reform would lift the two-child benefit cap for British families. A policy scrapped by Robert Jenrick when he was appointed Reform’s shadow chancellor in February… Farage said on the Today programme this morning: “I made a mistake on this. I tried to…

Reform
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Labour MPs Vote Against Referring Starmer to Privileges Committee

Starmer has won the Privileges Committee vote 335 to 223. Whipped by No10… A No10 spokesman said: “This Labour government is delivering for Britain including bringing down energy bills, cutting hospital waiting lists and lifting half a million children out of poverty. The Conservative Party resorted to this desperate political stunt the week before the…

PoliticsHealthcare
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

WATCH: Puritanical Green MP Insists She ‘Loves WKD Alcopops’

New Green MP Hannah Spencer has doubled down after declaring over the weekend that MPs and parliamentarians in general should not drink in Parliament. In a post on her Instagram today she declared that she ‘loves a blue WKD as much as the next hun.’ Oh boy… She said: “Now, I love a blue wicked…

PoliticsEnvironment
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

The Right Angle: NIMBY Face-Off

Welcome back to the Right Angle, the insiders’ guide on the what’s happening on the British right. Exclusively for Guido members… Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, including our upcoming debate, Is Britain Broken, featuring Zia Yusuf, Fraser Nelson, and David Frost. Click here to become a member today…

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

VOTE NOW: The Guido Fawkes Reform Power Rankings (April Edition)

Every month, we’ll publish the power rankings of all the leading lights in the party based on our readers’ responses. Click here to fill in the survey, and the results will be published at the end of the week. Here’s how last month played out… 1 Nigel Farage 10.68 2 Richard Tice 8.52 3 Danny…

Reform
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

New UK Ambassador to US Trashes Special Relationship at Meeting With Students

The FT has published comments made by Peter Mandelson’s replacement as ambassador to the US, career diplomat Christian Turner, which may put a more dour mood on US-UK relations during the King’s visit. Turner said to some visiting British students in mid-February: Said he dislikes the phrase “special relationship,” calling it “quite nostalgic, it’s quite…

Education
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Cathy Newman’s Sky News Debut With Starmer Still Beaten by GB News

Even with a 30-minute sit-down with the PM, Cathy Newman’s debut show on Sky News still recorded lower BARB ratings than GB News Tonight with Martin Daubney. Sky trailed throughout the entire hour, including every minute Starmer was onscreen… Newman’s show, which aired for the first time at 7pm last night, peaked at 97,600 viewers.…

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

WATCH: Reeves Fails to Deny Private Rent Freeze Proposals

Rachel Reeves has hinted at her plans for a one-year rent freeze in the Commons: “This Government have already taken action to reduce the cost of living and to bear down on inflation with the changes around energy prices, around fuel duty, prescription charges and rail fares, and I will do everything in my power…

PoliticsEconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC Oil Cartel

The UAE’s state-run news agency WAM says the country will leave OPEC and OPEC+. The twelve (now eleven) country-cartel produced around 40% of global oil supply… The UAE usually accounts for 4% of global oil production. The country says it will ramp up production and the move to leave OPEC is in response to changing…

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Starmer’s Mandelson Scandal Backbench Loyalist Handed Trade Envoy Job

Starmer-loyalist backbencher John Slinger has been handed a plum trade envoy job. After he appeared constantly on the media to back up No10’s line on the Mandelson scandal… A statement by Chris Bryant just now: “The Secretary of State is pleased to appoint: The Hon Member for Rugby (John Slinger MP) as the United Kingdom’s…

Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

LIVE: Commons Debates Motion to Refer Starmer to Privileges Committee

Will end with a vote which Downing Street has taken the unprecedented step of three-line whipping. Not the done thing with Commons business… The Tories are pleased it has got this far. A candidate in the local elections said: “The best outcome for us is that every single Labour MP votes to cover this up.…

Politics
Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Number 10 Insists Starmer Has “Full Confidence” in Rachel Reeves

The Number 10 spokesman this afternoon: “Our position on the Chancellor remains. The Prime Minister has full confidence in the Chancellor…” Rumours are swirling that Starmer is considering dumping her after the locals. Now the “full confidence” kiss of death has been delivered. Might be time for Reeves to refresh that LinkedIn CV again…