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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

LIVE: Farage and Jenrick Host Press Conference on State Pension

It’s staying… Jenrick on keeping the triple lock: “We can only make the commitment today because we will cut tens and tens of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money the government wastes every year… we will reset government spending”. Farage claims Reform will announce massive cuts to the benefits bill in the next ‘couple of…

EconomyReform
Guido Fawkes1 Apr 2026

EXC: HMRC Stamp Duty Investigations Take 35 Months on Average in Blow to Rayner

Angela Rayner potentially faces an extremely long wait before making a leadership push, figures uncovered by Guido reveal. Figures from HMRC show that in the last four years the average length of time that Stamp Duty Land tax (SDLT) investigations have taken to complete is an average of 35 months. Rayner admitted she may have paid…

Economy
Guido Fawkes31 Mar 2026

IN FULL: Every Tax Hike Coming Into Force Tomorrow Despite Starmer’s Claim He Can’t Do Anything About Higher Costs

Reeves and Starmer have so far offered basically nothing in terms of action to lower bills in the face of disruption from the Iran war. But there is something they could do… The below tax hikes are due to come into force tomorrow. Co-conspirators will notice many of them relate to travel… The government could…

EconomyDefenceReform
Guido Fawkes31 Mar 2026

LIVE: Farage and Jenrick Announce Policy to Reduce Cost of Flights

Farage and Jenrick are in Heathrow to discuss holiday costs. Air Passenger Duty is a cash cow for the government… Farage announces Air Passenger Duty will be targeted by Reform. Some facts about that tax: The highest aviation tax of its type in the world. Britain carries just 3% of global passengers but accounts for…

EconomyReform
Guido Fawkes31 Mar 2026

Labour Minister ‘Can’t Quite Believe’ Junior Doctor Union Would Strike for More Cash

Chief Secretary to the Treasury James Murray has said he “can’t quite believe” the British Medical Association’s decision to strike after even Labour handed junior doctors the highest pay rises in the public sector for two years in a row. Old lessons about the unions are being relearnt… The BMA continues to demand ridiculous “full…

EconomyHealthcare
Guido Fawkes30 Mar 2026

Labour Begins Negotiating Permanent Mechanism to Hand Taxpayer Cash to EU

The European Council has approved Labour’s rejoining the EU’s Erasmus scheme for 2027 this morning. Higher taxes to pay billions to the bloc… That means two new negotiations are starting. One on placing the UK inside the EU’s internal electricity market – which will likely entail massive rule-taking and bill rises – and one on…

Economy
Guido Fawkes27 Mar 2026

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Blasts Financial Times for “Explicitly False Story”

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has given the FT both barrels over their “explicitly false story” which claimed he had considered strengthening Treasury oversight of the Federal Reserve “in the Bank of England’s image“. Bessent described the paper as “tabloid trash”… “Despite my direct, on-the-record denial of ever having advocated, explored, or espoused the idea…

Economy
Guido Fawkes26 Mar 2026

OECD Cuts UK Growth Forecast to 0.7%, Inflation to Skyrocket

The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has slashed the UK’s growth forecast by half a percent, down to just 0.7%. The biggest hit in the entire G20… Inflation is also predicted to soar to 4%, double the Bank of England’s target. Britain is the most exposed of any advanced economy to the Iran…

Economy
Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Inflation Remains at 3%

ONS chief economist Grant Fitzner said: “After last month’s slowdown, annual inflation was unchanged. The largest upwards driver was the price of clothing, which rose this month but fell a year ago. “This was offset by falls in petrol costs, with prices collected before the start of the conflict in the Middle East and subsequent…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes24 Mar 2026

Reeves Slams Tory Energy Cap Despite Previously Claiming It Didn’t Go Far Enough

Rachel Reeves has gone through a Damascene conversion on energy bills. As of today, her position is the Truss-era universal cap was a “mistake” because it benefitted the wealthy and added to the national debt. She is right: the taxpayer should never be paying to heat millionaires’ swimming pools. She didn’t say this in opposition.…

Economy
Guido Fawkes23 Mar 2026

LIVE: Starmer Grilled by MPs in Liaison Committee Meeting

Keir Starmer is up in front of the Liaison Committee for the next hour. Expect plenty on Iran and the economy…

PoliticsEconomy
Guido Fawkes23 Mar 2026

Downing Street Insists Public Finances ‘Stable’ as Cost of Borrowing Soars

The Number 10 spokesman in the Lobby briefing of press hacks today: “We doubled our headroom against our fiscal rules. Borrowing is forecast to be lower than the G7 average… we have delivered stability when it comes to the public finances, and we’ve done so in a way that allows us to invest in priorities…

PoliticsEconomy