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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
Conservative Home29 Jun 2026

BREAKING Kemi Badenoch: “Britain has already paid the price for a Labour Prime Minister who entered office without a plan”

Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch sets out her tests to Andy Burnham. The post BREAKING Kemi Badenoch: “Britain has already paid the price for a Labour Prime Minister who entered office without a plan” appeared first on Conservative Home.

Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

LIVE: Badenoch Sets Out “Economic Tests” for Burnham in Speech

And she’s taking questions…

Economy
The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Keir Starmer's attempts to placate big tech were a disaster. Andy Burnham must take a stand | Beeban Kidron

Labour came to power promising to tackle Silicon Valley. But from workers’ rights to online privacy it has failed at almost every turn During a recent conversation in the House of Lords, a former senior US government official told me that “democracy was broken”. When I asked why, they pointed to research that showed that governments – regardless of party – represent the interests of the wealthy and not the people who vote for them. Nowhere is this more visible than with the tech lobby, which has

Politics
The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

White working-class children failed by England’s school system, inquiry finds

Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographic UK politics live – latest updates The education system is “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”, an independent inquiry has concluded. The Independent Inquiry into White Working-Class Educational Outcomes also determined that once-in-a-generation changes were needed to tackle why such children were the lowest-performing large demographic in England’s sch

PoliticsEducation
Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham just unleashed his barmy army of hard-left tax zealots - and you will pay

Andy Burnham's easy-going blokey charm will quickly wear thin.

EconomyDefence
The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham to propose devolution plan in first major policy speech since launching bid for No 10 – UK politics live

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’ Good morning. When Keir Starmer became PM, he had published his missions and his first steps, Labour was awash with policy, but some people still felt it was hard to know what his driving motivation was, what was the single big goal he wanted to achieve in politics. Andy Burnham is set to become PM three weeks today and in his case it is easy to answer this question is because he published a book about it in early 202

Politics
Guido Fawkes29 Jun 2026

‘Master Communicator’ Burnham Refuses to Take Any Questions at First Press Conference

Andy Burnham is refusing to answer questions at the first press conference designed to ease people’s concerns about his opacity. Who could have foreseen this? He will give a speech at around 11:30 a.m. in Manchester designed to inform people what his economic views are. The trail goes something like this: He will explain his…

Economy
Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as petition against major policy hits huge milestone

The Prime Minister announced a major change to the law before saying he would step down

Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Is Labour right to create a new way for refugees to come to UK? Vote now

It is based on a Canadian scheme that has settled 400,000 people since 1979

Immigration
Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham’s radical plot to 'rewire' the economy

Burnham is widely expected to become prime minister next month.

Economy