Express Politics30 May 2026
Keir Starmer is planning a new tax to hit holidays - and there's outrage
The Government's plan to allow mayors to levy tourism taxes could devastate the holiday industry and cost the economy billions
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PoliticsReformRestore26/02/2026
Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"
Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.
ReformRestoreRupert Lowe25/02/2026
Troubling Evidence Of Corruption
The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform
RestoreRemigration24/02/2026
Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
PoliticsReformRestore23/02/2026
The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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Express Politics29 May 2026
'Reeves is bringing in a new 22% HMRC tax and it's like punishment'
While the policy has been known for a while, the details are now emerging
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Guido Fawkes29 May 2026
BBC Forced to Edit Misleading Pro-Net Zero Headline
The BBC has edited a headline that suggested the Confederation of British Industry backed “green jobs.” Typical… BBC Scotland published an article headlined: “Green jobs contributing £10.2bn to Scotland’s economy, says CBI.” Only, it doesn’t… Actually the CBI’s separate consultancy CBI Economics was commissioned by a pro-net zero think tank to talk up the contributions…
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Guido Fawkes29 May 2026
WATCH: Torsten Bell Insists Labour Not to Blame for Youth Unemployment Disaster
Budget Man Bell on Sky News, asked if hiking taxes and the minimum wage has contributed to sky high youth unemployment: “Isn’t your government part of the problem?” “No, we’re part of the answer…” He also revealed the country can expect the elusive Defence Investment Plan… when it’s ready.
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Conservative Home29 May 2026
George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem
Child-rearing generates massive public returns. We price it as a private cost. That is not sustainable. A tax system designed in the mid-twentieth century for a very different demographic trajectory is producing predictable results. The post George Beglan: The tax system has a hidden free-rider problem appeared first on Conservative Home.
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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026
‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest
A landmark report has warned that the UK risks a ‘lost generation’ of young people, as new figures show that more than 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK were not in education, employment or training. The former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn said youth disengagement was a mounting economic risk to the country, and urged a fundamental reset of policy covering schools, the health service and the welfare state. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, Richard
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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026
Burnham Accuses Blair of ‘Retro Thinking’ in Written Counterattack
Andy Burnham has hit back at Tony Blair in writing with a Times piece. His main arguments: Agrees with Blair on “the vital need for higher economic growth as the enabler of greater social justice,” that Labour should focus on “domestic issues, and fixing our own underlying problems, rather than on re-running divisive arguments about…
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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026
REPORT: Cost of Renewables Set to Double by 2030
A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) shows the UK’s electricity system costs are on track to more than double by 2030. The equivalent of adding £700 to the average household bill even if – and it’s a big if – gas prices remain static… According to the IEA, total subsidies and…
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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026
Blair’s fossil fuel ideas ‘bizarre’ in face of energy and climate crises, experts say
Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for Britons Abandoning net zero and drilling for more oil and gas in the North Sea would be a massive setback for the UK and would not help the economy, leading experts have said in response to claims by the former prime minister Tony Blair. “This is a bizarre intervention to make during the worst May heatwave on record and when the Iran crisis is providing yet more evidence of the enormou
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The Guardian Politics28 May 2026
Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation
Exclusive: Package of measures discussed with farmers, including pause on duty due to come into effect next year Ministers are in discussions about suspending a carbon tax on fertilisers, due to come into effect early next year, in an effort to curb food inflation. The move would be part of a package of measures, including the suspension of import tariffs on a range of foods including bread, biscuits and bananas. Continue reading...
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Guido Fawkes28 May 2026
Murrell’s SNP Embezzlement Spree May Have Included Taxpayer Money
Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband Peter Murrell had access to millions in taxpayer cash during his 12-year embezzlement campaign, according to the Telegraph. Between 2010 and 2022, when Murrell splashed more than £400,000 from the SNP’s coffers on all kinds of luxury goods, the Electoral Commission paid the party £2.2 million in annual grants. That works out…
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Express Politics28 May 2026
Pension warning issued to 1 group of people - check if you're affected
New rules coming in overhaul how the UK assesses inheritance tax liability, pulling pension wealth into the inheritance tax net for the first time.
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