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Express Politics4 May 2026

Labour suffers new hammerblow after public fury on 1 new tax

The head of a tourist body has warned the tax would 'deter millions from holidaying in England'.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Reform government could cause Truss-style chaos, says renewables industry

Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UK Britain could be beset by levels of economic chaos last seen under Liz Truss if a Reform UK government were to fulfil its promise to strip renewable energy projects of subsidy contracts, according to the industry’s chief lobbyist. The anti-renewables policy put forward by Nigel Farage’s populist party would severely undermine investor confidence in the energy industry and across the wider U

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Conservative Home4 May 2026

Stephen Goss: The challenge of tackling a cost of living crisis is most acute in Northern Ireland

The gap between what is promised and what can be delivered is now visible in every delayed project, every overstretched service, and every emergency negotiation with HM Treasury. The post Stephen Goss: The challenge of tackling a cost of living crisis is most acute in Northern Ireland appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home4 May 2026

Kevin Hollinrake: A Conservative vote in these elections will deliver Councils that work for you

The council you elect will run your bin collections, look after the elderly and those with special needs, repair your roads and set your council tax. These are not small things, and the difference between good and bad councils is huge. Good Conservative councils have shown that difference. The post Kevin Hollinrake: A Conservative vote in these elections will deliver Councils that work for you appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics3 May 2026

'Labour's plans to tax the great British getaway must be stopped'

OPINION - MEL STRIDE: Rachel Reeves must axe her planned 'holiday tax' or do even more damage to our ailing hospitality industry

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Express Politics3 May 2026

Rachel Reeves is about to hit holidaymakers with with another tax tammerblow

This will be another devastating blow for families this summer as the grapple with the soaring cost of living

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Investment or waste? How the M4 relief road plan for Newport sums up Wales’s economic quandary

As potentially seismic Senedd elections loom, competing parties have differing visions of how to reinvigorate the economy It is afternoon rush hour on the M4 and drivers are yet again making slow progress around the city of Newport, often seen as the gateway to south Wales given its location between Cardiff and Bristol. Cars and lorries are stuck in gridlocked traffic in both directions on the approach to the Brynglas tunnels, where the road narrows to two lanes in each direction, while flashing

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged. In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled fr

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Express Politics2 May 2026

Keir Starmer issues huge inflation warning and threatens to undo Brexit

Sir Keir made the warning when asked about the economic impact of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

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The Guardian Politics2 May 2026

Samuel Ojo on Starmer and the cost of living crisis – cartoon

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Express Politics2 May 2026

Councils spending millions on electric bin lorries told to not splash cash on 'green fad'

Councils are accused of spending taxpayers' cash on 'eco-vanity' projects at a time of a renewed cost of living crisis

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The Guardian Politics1 May 2026

The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill | Editorial

Energy disruption abroad drives prices at home, showing how few safeguards are built in – which is why a call for resilience must be heeded When the Bank of England warned this week that food inflation could reach 7% by the end of the year, it revealed how little stands between a geopolitical jolt and a domestic crisis in Britain. A shock wave in the Gulf feeds through energy, fertiliser and supermarket prices into falling incomes, weak growth and job losses. What it exposes is not just inflatio

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