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Guido Fawkes28 Apr 2026

Every Time Labour Promised Not to Introduce Rent Controls

Rachel Reeves – who is fighting to keep her job post-May elections – is now plotting a one-year rent freeze on private sector rented homes excluding new builds. Part of a “cost of living package” which will obviously only raise rents… Labour has constantly said it would not impose rent controls, be they stabilisation or…

PoliticsEconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes27 Apr 2026

Starmer to Chair ‘Emergency’ Cobra Meeting on Economic Impact of War

A defiant Starmbot has regurgitated the government’s talking points on Iran, warning at the Usdaw union’s conference that the “economic consequences could be with us for some time“. Luckily he will chair an ’emergency’ Cobra meeting tomorrow (so urgent it can wait at least a day) in which he will be “bringing in people from…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes26 Apr 2026

Jones Warns Higher Food and Energy Prices Could Last for Eight Months After Iran War

Darren Jones on potential food and fuel shortages resulting from the Iran war: “Our best guess is eight plus months from the point of resolution that you’ll see economic impacts coming through the system… So people will see higher energy prices, food prices […] flight ticket prices as a consequence of what Donald Trump has…

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Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

British Taxpayer Funds US Agencies to Fill Gap Left by Trump’s USAID Cuts

The FCDO is expanding support to US-based aid agencies who have had their grants slashed by Trump’s USAID cuts. British taxpayers are filling in the gaps… USAID cuts reduced total US aid spending from $68bn in 2024 to $32bn in 2025 and terminated 83% of programmes. Despite a squeeze in the UK’s aid funding, the…

Economy
Guido Fawkes24 Apr 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 this 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 the…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Lord Hannan Appointed IEA Director General

Daniel Hannan is succeeding David Frost as Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He starts on 1st June. Hannan said this afternoon: “The IEA set Britain free. When it was founded in 1955, there was a consensus in favour of high spending, industrial management and economic planning. Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon showed…

Economy
Guido Fawkes24 Apr 2026

Trump Threatens UK With New Tariffs if Starmer Doesn’t Cut Tax

Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Britain if it does not disapply the Digital Services Tax on US companies. Trump told the Telegraph: “I don’t like it when they target American companies, because basically, you’re talking about our great American companies, whether we like those companies that don’t like them, they’re American…

Economy
Guido Fawkes23 Apr 2026

Taxpayer Forks Out Tens of Thousands to Advertise Labour Digital ID on Podcasts

The government is advertising its consultation on Digital ID on podcasts. A project led by Darren Jones, who wants ideas… Jones said that government consultations were fake, unlike this one, which was launched on 10 March: “This consultation is not a performative consultation. It’s a genuine one. That’s why we’re not just doing a kind…

Economy
Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

DSIT Staff Hike Taxpayer-Funded Hotel Use by Almost a Third in One Year

Civil servants at Liz Kendall’s Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology have spent more than 2,000 more nights in hotels this year. At a commensurate cost to the taxpayer… Guido’s FOI Unit has found that DSIT staff have spent almost £1.5 million on hotel stays in 2025/26 so far compared to only £1.1 million in…

Economy
Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

Economic Optimism Falls to Lowest Level Since 1978

Some damning research from Ipsos’ tracker, which shows that optimism in the economy is at its lowest level since records began: “Net economic optimism in Britain has fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded since Ipsos began collecting this data in 1978. 78% of Brits expect the economy to get worse over the next 12…

Economy
Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

Inflation Rises to 3.3% in March

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show consumer price inflation rose to 3.3% in March from 3%. The first Iran war reading… Fuel costs drove the increase: “Prices in the transport division rose overall by 4.7% in the 12 months to March 2026, up from 2.4% in the 12 months to February.” Steepest…

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Guido Fawkes21 Apr 2026

Youth Unemployment Rises Again

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that youth unemployment has risen again. Rachel… Labour market statistics this morning show a decline in the unemployment rate to 4.9% in the three months to February. This was offset by a larger increase in the number of economically inactive people – 69,000. IEA fellow Professor…

Economy