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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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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Civil Service Recruits Taxpayer-Funded Social Media Team in Manchester to Promote Burnham

The Civil Service has multiple current openings for social media jobs in Manchester as part of the Government Media Unit. This propaganda team churns out X and TikTok clips to promote Burnham’s administration… The posts include ‘senior social creator’, ‘social videographer’, ‘social video lead’, ‘social strategy lead’ and ‘head of social creative and production’. They’re…

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Guido Fawkes23 Jul 2026

Council Staff Caught Streaming Netflix and Disney+ on Taxpayers’ Time

Town hall staff and the equipment they use racked up 282,961 attempts to access streaming services including Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video over the last year, according to a Freedom of Information blitz from the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Over 47 councils… There were 88,651 attempts to reach Netflix, 80,061 for Disney+ and 114,249 for Amazon…

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Guido Fawkes23 Jul 2026

Rayner Refuses to Hand Back Taxpayer-Funded £17,000 Severance Pay

Angela Rayner is refusing to pay back a penny of the £16,876 severance pay she received after resigning last year, despite returning to the same job just ten months later. And after attacking the Tories for “a staggering lack of shame” for doing the same back in 2022… She told Matt Chorley on BBC Radio…

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Guido Fawkes23 Jul 2026

Government Hires Industrial Strategy Policy Chief Without Any Need for Understanding of Industrial Policy

The Department for Business and Trade – soon to be the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade – is hiring an industrial policy chief without a requirement to be knowledgeable about the economy or industrial policy. Whitehall hiring 101… The new hire will lead on policy for the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council Secretariat and…

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Guido Fawkes23 Jul 2026

Chief Treasury Secretary Refuses to Say How Business Rates Cut Will be Funded

Demoted former Environment Secretary – now Chief Secretary to the Treasury – Emma Reynolds has refused to say how Andy Burnham’s 20% pub & club business rates cut will be funded. Promises first – it’s Starmerite really… She told Sky News: “Obviously, I’m well into the numbers. I’m not going to give you all the…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

Guardian Warns Bus Fare Cap Policy Will Worsen ‘Effects of Climate Crisis’

This may well win the Guido Gold Medal for Peak Guardian Journalism: “The world’s most vulnerable people will be put at risk by Andy Burnham’s decision to use the aid budget to pay for cheaper bus fares in England, charities have said… experts say it will also leave people in the poorest parts of the…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

Burnham’s VAT Cut Will Impact Cost of Living Less Than Slashing ‘Sin Taxes’

Andy Burnham’s flagship VAT cut on household energy bills is already leaving him with a sizeable hole to plug at the Budget. Around £850 million… Burnham is banking on a 0.1% inflation reduction from the VAT cut to ease pressure on cost of living (inflation fell more than expected this morning, but economists expect it…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

WATCH: Burnham Denies Tax Rises Are Coming in the Budget

One to bookmark for the autumn. He also gave a wishy-washy answer on lifting the personal allowance threshold, claiming he’ll “look at it” at the Budget. There’s a plan, there’s not a plan…

Economy

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

UK Inflation Drops to 2.6%

Inflation dipped to 2.6% in the twelve months to June, driven largely by a fall in petrol prices. It is not expected to stay this close to target for long. Rising energy bills will feed into next month’s data. New Chancellor John Healey is still taking a short victory lap: “We have chosen to focus…

Economy

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Guido Fawkes21 Jul 2026

British Borrowing Costs Rise Above Yesterday’s Burnham Peak

British borrowing costs remain elevated since Burnham’s first comments as PM yesterday. Healey was firehosing last night and this morning… After Burnham said he would use all “flexibility” possible in the so-called fiscal rules, UK 10-year gilt yields closed eight basis points higher at 5.03% at the end of the day. The 30-year rate also…

Economy

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Guido Fawkes21 Jul 2026

Darren Jones Blows Up Burnham’s ‘Unfunded’ Energy Bill Cut After Less Than Two Hours

A flagship cost of living policy and the first to be announced by Burnham is falling apart less than two hours after it was announced. Start as you mean to go on? At 6 a.m. No10 said: “Government is tackling rising bills with a tax cut to remove VAT from domestic electricity bills from October…

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Guido Fawkes20 Jul 2026

Burnham: We Will Use All Possible Flexibility in the Fiscal Rules

Burnham said this afternoon: “I’ve said we’ll stick to the fiscal rules, and by that I mean the existing fiscal rules, and use obviously any flexibility within them… We will stick to the existing rules and I’ve made that very clear in Downing Street. So none of this is about taking risks with the economy.…

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