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Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

New Taxes and Regulations Add £30,000 to Cost of Building Every House in Britain

A report released today by the Home Builders Federation shows that the cost of building a house has risen on average by £76,000 since 2020. Taxes and regulation make up almost half of that… More than £7,000 in taxes and levies: £2,000 in Landfill Tax £2,320 from the inbound Building Safety Levy £2,055 in other…

Economy
Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

Fuel Price Hike Pushes Service Price Inflation to Highest Level Since 2022

S&P Global’s UK Services PMI rose to 52.7 in April, up from 50.5 in March – the lowest reading since April 2025 – and slightly ahead of the 52.0 flash estimate. The bad news for Reeves is in the inflation numbers… Service providers logged the fastest rise in costs since November 2022, with prices charged…

Economy
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

‘Is Britain Broken?’ An EXCLUSIVE Guido Fawkes-IEA Event

For the first time ever, Guido Fawkes is partnering with the Institute of Economic Affairs for an exclusive panel debate in the heart of Westminster on 1st June. Is Britain Broken? Britain’s economic record over the past decade and a half makes for uncomfortable reading. Productivity growth has flatlined. Real wages have barely recovered from…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

Real Estate Firms Hammer Treasury’s Optimistic Mansion Tax Revenue Projections

Reeves’ Mansion Tax is set to lose the Treasury at least £400 million before it comes into effect in April 2028. Experts are casting doubt on those optimistic figures… The tax means that homeowners will be forced to pay a flat surcharge in addition to council tax if their property is valued at £2 million…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

What Would Prime Minister Rayner Do?

The third in Guido’s horror series. Read the previous entries by clicking here… Today it’s Rayner’s turn. This one is particularly easy to pull together, given Rayner herself sent a wish list of tax hikes to Rachel Reeves last year. Which very quickly appeared in the media… Reinstate the pensions lifetime allowance. Raise corporation tax…

Economy
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

POLL: Three in Five Muslim Voters Would Vote for Gaza Independent to Stop Labour

Gaza ranks above the economy in determining how Muslim voters in Britain will vote, according to polling conducted by JL Partners for think tank Policy Exchange. Polling shows differences in political attitudes which have grown very stark indeed: 60% of British Muslim respondents would consider voting for a pro-Gaza independent candidate specifically to prevent Labour…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes1 May 2026

Only 3.3% of This Year’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ Victims Attended HMRC Training Sessions

Only 3.3% of the people who have been dragged into the first batch of Making Tax Digital requirements have attended one of HMRC’s explanatory webinars. No one is ready for the coming carnage… Making Tax Digital requires in-scope individuals to move from using the traditional Self Assessment portal and instead keep digital records in HMRC-recognised…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes1 May 2026

What Would Prime Minister Streeting Do?

Team Streeting is briefing that he’s got the numbers in the PLP and is ready for a leadership fight. A man can dream. Here is what his manifesto might look like, based on what he’s said before… Return to the EU customs union Tax capital gains on the same basis as income. Replace inheritance tax…

Economy
Guido Fawkes1 May 2026

NEW REPORT: Britain Has Highest Wealth Taxes in OECD

New research shows that Britain raises more tax from wealth than any country in the OECD. More than Spain, Norway and Switzerland – the three European countries that have a stated wealth tax… A huge number of countries have tried and abandoned wealth taxes. Even the leftist ones… Even online tax commentator Dan Neidle, a…

Economy
Guido Fawkes30 Apr 2026

Bank Taxing Labour’s Flagship “£10 Billion” Financial Services Unit Run by Six People

As Labour refuses to rule out additional taxes on banks Guido can reveal that the flagship “single front door for international financial services firms wishing to set up or expand their operations in the UK” only contains six people. Who also have other duties in DBT… Reeves personally announced OfI:FS alongside the City of London…

Economy
Guido Fawkes29 Apr 2026

Right to Know: Whitehall Becomes Even More Secretive Under Labour

According to new figures for 2025 released by the Cabinet Office, Whitehall departments are becoming more secretive year-on-year. The right to Freedom of Information is under threat from Labour… Cost limit refusals are up 45%. The government wants to reduce cost limits (already not protected from inflation) to block even more FOIs… The core government…

PoliticsEconomy
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