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Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Hurrying Burnham Has Less Than Three Years Before Parliament Must Dissolve

Tomorrow is the 9th of  July. That will be three years out from the last possible date for the dissolution of the current Parliament under Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The present Parliament first met on 9 July 2024… Unless dissolved earlier, it automatically dissolves at the beginning of 9 July 2029, five…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes8 Jul 2026

Burnham Policy Chief’s ‘Hobby Horse’ Plan to Hand Out ‘Free Basic Energy’ Costing Tens of Billions

The “hobby horse” of Andy Burnham’s transition policy chief is a “free basic energy” subsidy which would cost tens of billions of pounds per year. Here we go again… Figures who have worked with ex-energy and housing minister Miatta Fahnbulleh expect her to revive a policy she championed at the New Economics Foundation, of which…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

Reform Projected to Increase Vote Share in Farage’s Clacton By-Election

Clacton is almost completely coastal, comprising seaside resorts along the Tendring peninsula including Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. An estimated 73.0% voted Leave in 2016, 71.6% of homes are owner-occupied, and the median age is about 53… Farage won Clacton from Tory MP Giles Watling with 46.2% of the vote, ahead of the Conservatives on 27.9%,…

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Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

WATCH: Badenoch Slams Chagos Deal’s Revival in Access Talks

Badenoch responds to Guido’s reporting on the Chagos deal being revived in access talks: “Conservatives want our governments to prioritize our national interest. That’s why we spent months working to kill Starmer’s terrible Chagos deal. Apparently Andy Burnham wants to bring it back. It is a shame. What is it about a plan to hand…

Housing
Guido Fawkes7 Jul 2026

OBR: Labour Tax & Spend Has Made British Economy Unsustainable

The OBR has published a new report looking at the sustainability of the public finances via scenarios for tax, spending, and debt over 50 years. It’s not pretty… It runs scenarios for state finances. Some key findings: Debt hits 300% of GDP by the 2070s on current policy. In the OBR’s baseline, public sector net debt…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes5 Jul 2026

Lucy Powell Attempts to Explain What ‘Manchesterism’ Is

On Sky News: “Well, one of  Tony Wilson’s most famous phrases is, ‘this is Manchester, we do things differently here’. “And what we have seen [is] a realisation of that really in Manchester, doing things differently, taking powers, working together strategically, collaboratively across business, the voluntary sector, universities and others with a long-term vision about…

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Guido Fawkes2 Jul 2026

Labour Minister Cannot Say If Welfare Spending Should Go Down

Welfare cash transfers are expected to cost £333 billion this year. Defence spending = £62.2 billion under current plans…

DefenceHousing
Guido Fawkes30 Jun 2026

Starmer’s Defence Plan Forces Cuts on Labour’s Military Homes Manifesto Pledge

Labour is cutting funding from its flagship manifesto promise to fix military housing in order to fund the DIP. Net Zero fanatic Miliband, meanwhile, is eyeing up No11… The Times is reporting that Jarvis “freed up £1 billion of savings by delaying plans to expand the cadets and upgrade military homes.” Which means counter to…

DefenceEnvironmentHousing
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

Reform Selects Local Councillor as Candidate for Manchester Mayoral Election

Reform has announced its leader on Manchester City Council Sian Astley as the party’s candidate for the Manchester mayoral election. An uphill battle… The party said: “She currently lives in Fallowfield where she runs a design and property business. She is also a respected businesswoman and has appeared regularly on television and in print as…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

New Analysis Shows Hiking CGT to Income Tax Levels Will Actually Cost Treasury Billions

New analysis shows that raising Capital Gains Tax to Income Tax levels, the tax idea unifying the ‘soft left’, would lose billions. Something something Laffer Curve… CGT is currently either 18% or 24%. Following numerous leftist think tanks’ repeated pleas Wes Streeting proposed raising it in line with Income Tax levels. Convicted fraudster Louise Haigh…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes28 Jun 2026

Steve Reed Backs Burnham & Says the Public Do Not Want a General Election

Housing Secretary and Starmer’s chief loyalist Steve Reed told Sky News: “While I think through all of this – and the reason it’s so important it’s done in an orderly way – is the public expects us to focus on delivering the change we were elected to deliver less than two years ago. The public…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes27 Jun 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,015,329 visitors visited 916,444 times viewing 928,734 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Burnham Advisers Propose Exit Tax Badenoch in Angry Confrontation With Bridget Phillipson After PMQs Barb Prominent Restore Supporters Turn on Rupert Lowe The Many Accents of SNP’s Newest MP Starmer Met With Torrent of…

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