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Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

New Taxes and Regulations Add £30,000 to Cost of Building Every House in Britain

A report released today by the Home Builders Federation shows that the cost of building a house has risen on average by £76,000 since 2020. Taxes and regulation make up almost half of that… More than £7,000 in taxes and levies: £2,000 in Landfill Tax £2,320 from the inbound Building Safety Levy £2,055 in other…

Economy
Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

Fuel Price Hike Pushes Service Price Inflation to Highest Level Since 2022

S&P Global’s UK Services PMI rose to 52.7 in April, up from 50.5 in March – the lowest reading since April 2025 – and slightly ahead of the 52.0 flash estimate. The bad news for Reeves is in the inflation numbers… Service providers logged the fastest rise in costs since November 2022, with prices charged…

Economy
Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

Polanski Admits Falsely Claiming to be Red Cross Spokesman

Zack Polanski has admitted he was never a spokesman for Red Cross after the Times revealed he had claimed to be so on campaign websites. It just keeps coming… Polanski repeatedly referred to himself as a “spokesperson for the British Red Cross.” On the Today Programme he admitted he “used the wrong word” but insisted that…

Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

McFadden: Starmer Feeling ‘Remarkably Resolute’ Ahead of Locals

Work & Pensions Secretary and Starmer ally Pat McFadden has said that the PM is feeling “surprisingly resolute” before the local elections. McFadden gave a defence of Starmer’s need to serve out his full term: “I think this country has tested to destruction the idea that the answer to our problems is to swipe left…

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Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

Trump to Schoolboy: “You Think You Can Take Me In a Fight?”

More gold from the Oval Office…

Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

The Right Angle: Locals Looming…

Welcome back to the Right Angle, the insiders’ guide on the what’s happening on the British right. Exclusively for Guido members… Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, including our upcoming debate, Is Britain Broken, featuring Zia Yusuf, Fraser Nelson, and David Frost. Click here to become a member today…

Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

EXC: Labour Proposes Tripling Conference Business Pass Cost

Labour has proposed charging business pass attendees to its Party Conference a whopping £2,500. For the pleasure of seeing a junior minister’s face over breakfast of stale croissants… The party is launching all pass applications on the 11th of this month. Its conference services team currently asking previous business attendees a series of questions about…

Housing
Guido Fawkes5 May 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 on 1st 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…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

Real Estate Firms Hammer Treasury’s Optimistic Mansion Tax Revenue Projections

Reeves’ Mansion Tax is set to lose the Treasury at least £400 million before it comes into effect in April 2028. Experts are casting doubt on those optimistic figures… The tax means that homeowners will be forced to pay a flat surcharge in addition to council tax if their property is valued at £2 million…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

What Would Prime Minister Rayner Do?

The third in Guido’s horror series. Read the previous entries by clicking here… Today it’s Rayner’s turn. This one is particularly easy to pull together, given Rayner herself sent a wish list of tax hikes to Rachel Reeves last year. Which very quickly appeared in the media… Reinstate the pensions lifetime allowance. Raise corporation tax…

Economy
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

No10 Claims “Progress” on Migration as Small Boat Arrivals Set to Hit 200,000 in Eight Years

Downing Street has insisted the government is “making progress” on tackling illegal migration, even as the number of small boat migrants is set to cross a whopping 200,000 since records began eight years ago. The Number 10 spokesman said at the Lobby briefing of political hacks this afternoon: “The previous government left our borders in…

PoliticsImmigration
Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

Green Activists Privately Promote Conspiracy Theory on Golders Green Attack

Green Party activists have spent the weekend sharing a letter-writing campaign based on the conspiracy that there has been zero reporting about Essa Suleiman’s third non-Jewish alleged victim. They were later joined on the bandwagon by senior party leadership… The letter-writing campaign is titled: “UK Govt’s Racist Double Standard Must Be Challenged by MPs re…

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