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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Mauritius Government Collapsing as Chagos Deal Demise Blows Hole in Budget

It’s all kicking off in Port Louis as Mauritius’s Deputy Prime Minister has announced he is intending to resign. Paul Berenger said: “My decision is made, but when I implement it, and if I do, I will communicate the details.” A full-blown political crisis is kicking off in Mauritius, thanks to Keir Starmer… The Mauritius…

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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

FACT CHECK: Reeves Claims Tax-Hiking Budgets Prevented Higher Inflation

Rachel Reeves has just claimed in her Mais lecture she had to raise taxes in both her car-crash Budgets because not doing so would have led to “higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher borrowing… or collapsing public services“. Admitting these choices were “unpopular” with some, which is the understatement of the millennium…  Here is what…

Economy
Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Nearly a Million Self-Employed Brits Face New Quarterly Tax Returns

HMRC data published today shows 864,000 self-employed workers and landlords will be forced into quarterly digital tax reporting when ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ goes live in April. The construction sector is the worst affected, with 251,000 businesses caught by the new rules. That is nearly a third of the total. One-man band plumbers,…

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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

LIVE: Farage and Jenrick Pledge to Cut Energy Bills

The plan: VAT on energy bills scrapped. Taking around £85 off the average household bill. Green levy and carbon tax scrapped. Reform claims this saves another £115…  Funded by “cuts to quangos“. Farage launches nigelcutmybills.com draw with the winner’s entire street getting energy bills paid for a year .

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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Miliband Tells Pubs to Serve Warmer Beer to Cut Costs

Miliband’s suggestions to pubs clinging on for dear life: switch off your fridges overnight, serve warmer beer, and turn off the ovens. And the taxpayer has coughed up £350,000 to produce these measures… DESNZ pumped that cash into Zero Carbon Services’ ‘energy and carbon reduction tool’ which was rolled out to 525 pubs, restaurants, and…

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Guido Fawkes17 Mar 2026

Reeves Bets on Brussels in Last-Ditch Attempt at Economic Growth

Rachel Reeves is set to beat the drum for even closer ties to Brussels in her Mais lecture this afternoon. Here is what she’ll say, for those who can’t bear to listen: “In this changing world, Britain is not powerless. We can shape our own future. Our method is stability, investment and reform — through…

Economy
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Revealed: Rayner May Owe Tax on Labour-Funded Legal Advice… About Her Own Tax Affairs

Angela Rayner could now face yet another tax bill over the legal advice Labour paid for to examine her personal finances before her resignation last September. It’s a day ending in Y, so Angela Rayner’s tax affairs are back in the headlines…  The Times has revealed that Labour used party funds to hire Jonathan Peacock…

Economy
Guido Fawkes16 Mar 2026

Britain’s Inheritance Tax ‘One of the Harshest in the World’

A new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs has found the UK’s death tax rate is “far more punishing” than even the 40% headline figure appears. It is brutal for parents hoping to provide for their children… The British tax code offers no lower rate or exemption for assets passed on to children, unlike…

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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

US Treasury Secretary Says Starmer Put American Lives at Risk With Base Denial

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Sky News’ Wilfred Frost that Starmer’s decision to block US forces’ ability to launch strikes from Diego Garcia risked the lives of American servicemen. Team Trump is still fuming with the PM… Starmer obviously reversed that decision in 24 hours but the damage was done. Frost asked Bessent…

Economy
Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Labour Boasts About “A Growing Economy” Twelve Hours Before Achieving 0% Growth

There is a whole section in the latest ‘The Labour Rosette’ newsletter to party members, published at 6.31pm last night, dedicated to the government’s ‘right economic plan’. Apparently Labour has “restored stability to our public finances” and the economy is “resilient”.  It even reheats the closer to Reeves’ snooze-fest of a Spring Statement: “My plan is…

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Guido Fawkes13 Mar 2026

Economy Flatlines at 0.0% Growth in January

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics shows that the economy flatlined in January. Your pre-Iran War growth is… zero. GDP grew by 0.1% in December and economists expected it to grow by 0.2% in January. Instead it posted 0% growth… Services showed no growth, production fell by 0.1%, and construction grew by…

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

British Borrowing Costs Rise to Six-Month Highs

UK gilt yields are rising at a rapid rate again. Throwing Reeves’ fiscal plans into disarray… The yield on 30-year gilts has climbed by 12 basis points to 5.47%. 10-year yields reached 4.754% just now. These are the highest since October…

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