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Guido Fawkes20 Jul 2026

BBC Claims Licence Fee “Creates” Billions for UK Economy

Co-conspirators watching Argentina crash and burn in the World Cup final last night will have been treated to a new halftime advert from the BBC, in which various highly-paid B-listers plead viewers to keep paying the £180 licence fee. Comedian Romesh Ranganathan dutifully reads his script, which claims the BBC “creates six and a half…

Economy
Guido Fawkes20 Jul 2026

If Burnham Calls an Early Election These Are the Options

Speculation remains rife as to whether Andy Burnham will call an early election despite attempts by his team to calm down employment-nervous Labour MPs. There are some options… A Budget is still expected in October. Westminster watchers say Burnham’s best shot is a spring 2027 polling day if he wants to go early. Getting a…

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Guido Fawkes17 Jul 2026

Burnham Dumps Economic Advisers Brought in to Calm Markets After Less Than a Month

The ‘sensibles’ brought in to ‘advise’ Burnham on economics are set to be shunned when it comes to formal advisory positions in government. Not even a month has passed since they were supposedly brought into the Burnham fold… Team Burnham provided a pointed briefing to two financial papers on the eve of the Makerfield by-election…

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Guido Fawkes17 Jul 2026

New Downing Street Political Strategy Director Campaigned for a Wealth Tax

Downing Street’s new Director of Political Strategy is a pro-Wealth Tax campaigner. Buckle up… Matthew McGregor, formerly a director at Hope Not Hate, has strong views on raising tax. He was Chief Executive of the leftist campaigning organisation 38 Degrees. Less than two years ago he was campaigning for the imposition of a 2% annual…

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Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

Treasury’s Staff Wage Bill Rises by a Fifth in One Year

The Treasury’s rising headcount has led the total wage bill to balloon in just a single year. As revealed in its annual report out this week… Headcount grew on average to 3,849 from 3,745. The bill jumped commensurately: Wages and salaries: £288 million, up from £246 million (up£42 million). Social security costs: £38 million, up…

Economy
Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026

UK Economy Grew By 0.1% in May

The latest figures from the ONS show the UK economy grew by 0.1% in May, after a 0.1% decline the previous month. Over the three months to May, GDP growth was up 0.7%. A slight drop from 0.8% in the three months to April… ONS director of economic statistics Liz McKeown said: “The slight growth…

Economy
Guido Fawkes15 Jul 2026

Burnham Refuses to Rule Out a Wealth Tax

Andy Burnham has not answered a question from a journalist in two weeks. He has instead done an interview with Gary Lineker in which he refused to rule out a wealth tax: “I’m going to obviously take my time to properly look at the state of things, particularly the state of finances. And I just…

Economy
Guido Fawkes15 Jul 2026

Liam Halligan Takes Over Centre for Policy Studies

Popular economist Liam Halligan will take over the Thatcherite Centre for Policy Studies as new Director. Lord Spencer, Chairman of the CPS, said: “At a time when government is spending and taxing on a historic scale, and economic growth is consequently evaporating, the mission of the Centre for Policy Studies is more important than ever.…

Economy
Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

Cross-Party MPs Propose Massive Hike to Local Taxes in ‘Devolution’ Plans

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Government – which has Tory representation – has called for massive tax-raising powers to be handed to local authorities. Nicely timed with devo-mad Burnham’s entry to No10… The newly published proposals: Assign national taxes to strategic authorities starting with 5% of Income Tax to replace the £16 billion Integrated…

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Guido Fawkes13 Jul 2026

EXC: Taxpayer Shells Out More Than £250,000 for Furniture & Fittings in Ministerial Flats

Guido revealed Rayner’s expensive bed replacement when she occupied the Admiralty House flats. Work went on since then and continued after she left… In one year the furniture and fitting work to ministerial residences in Admiralty House has gone over half a million pounds. Guido’s FOI Unit has obtained the item breakdown: Replacement of bed,…

Economy
Guido Fawkes11 Jul 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,024,149 visitors visited 932,665 times viewing 941,352 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Farage Publishes Footage of Media at His Daughter’s Home Wealth Tax Campaigner Gary Stevenson: I’m Quitting Labour Buys Quarter of a Million Pounds Worth of Jaguar Reform Makes Complaint After ‘Catching Guardian Journalist Recording…

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Guido Fawkes10 Jul 2026

Gary Stevenson’s Wealth Tax Documentary Universally Trashed, Even by the Left

It’s not been a great week for Gary Stevenson. Maybe that’s why he said he’s going to quit on Piers Morgan… The Times kindly said Gary’s “willingness to put his passionate arguments to those who most forcefully oppose them makes for thought-provoking television.” The Telegraph dissected all the factual errors and concluded: “Voices like Stevenson’s…

Economy