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Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Britain Suffers Biggest IMF Growth Forecast Downgrade in the G7

The International Monetary Fund has downgraded the UK’s growth forecast by the G7. The IMF’s latest global forecasts have downgraded the UK’s growth projection for this year by 0.5% to only 0.8%… Country 2026 Forecast Diff. from Jan 2026 UK 0.8 -0.5 Germany 0.8 -0.3 France 0.9 -0.1 Italy 0.5 -0.2 Japan 0.7 0.0 US 2.3…

Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

REVEALED: MoD Blows £16 Million on Government Credit Cards in a Single Month

Ministry of Defence staff racked up £16.3 million on taxpayer-funded procurement cards in March alone, with the spending including £133,000 in restaurants and bars and stays at The Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons. Wasn’t Starmer supposed to snip these cards in half? The transparency data, quietly published this week, reveals 5,975 transactions on MoD electronic…

EconomyDefence
Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Labour MP Vows to Bring Sex Toys Into Parliament

Yes, the headline is real. Labour MP Samantha Niblett has declared 2026 the “summer of sex”, and is launching a sex education campaign with “sextech” entrepreneur Cindy Gallop to ‘talk more openly’ about carnal pleasures. To that end, Niblett is promising to bring sex toys into Parliament to ‘encourage open conversation’. Parliament already has a…

PoliticsEducation
Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Government Greenlights Politico Owner’s Telegraph Purchase

German Politico owner Axel Springer’s £575 million purchase of the Telegraph has been approved by the government. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said in a written Commons statement: “In my quasi-judicial role I have assessed the proposed merger between Axel Springer and the Telegraph Media Group Holdings Ltd under the public interest media mergers regime and…

PoliticsEnvironment
Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

WATCH: Greens Arrive to Protest Reform Fuel Cut Stunt in Diesel Car

The Greens have showed up to Jenrick and Lee Anderson’s constituency fuel cut stunt in a diesel-guzzling car. No appetite for a short bike ride? Reform’s Anderson located the Green vehicle – a Volkswagen Passat TDI – parked surreptitiously far from the protest. Plus ca change… The stunt is as follows as per Reform: “The…

Environment
Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Tories Raise Prices for 2026 Conference Above Inflation

The Tories have hiked prices for their 2026 Party Conference above inflation. Some confidence in renewed interest in the party’s offer this year… Conservative Party Conference — Average Price Across Tiers (Early Bird, Advance, Standard) Ticket Type 2025 Avg 2026 Avg Change % Party Member £128.67 £133.33 +£4.67 +3.6% Young Conservative £64.33 £66.67 +£2.33 +3.6%…

Economy
Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

63,000 More People Join Universal Credit in a Single Month

The number of people on Universal Credit has hit 8.4 million, up 63,000 in a single month according to DWP data published today. That’s one in eight of the entire population…

Guido Fawkes14 Apr 2026

Strategic Defence Review Author: Labour’s “Corrosive Complacency” Has Put Britain in Peril

Labour peer George Robertson – author of the landmark Strategic Defence Review- has today aimed all of his guns at Starmer and his government for “corrosive complacency” on defence. The Defence Investment Plan was meant to set out funding for the SDR’s proposals – it has been delayed by half a year so far… Robertson…

Defence
Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

Tory Councillor Drops Party Name and Goes for Reform Colours in Local Election Pamphlets

As the local elections approach some councillors are deploying the usual creative thinking when it comes to scoring votes. A common method is to strategically forego any mention of your own party… Over in Essex of all places Tory councillor Ross Playle is going for some Reform-style colouring on the top of his main pamphlet…

Politics
Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

British Progressives Fawn Over Victory of Anti-Immigration Hungarian Nationalist

Péter Magyar’s election victory has stirred the hearts of left-wing liberal media in the UK. It’s quite the phenomenon… Alistair Campbell remarked this afternoon that Magyar “matched the strategy to the needs of the time” and Emily Maitlis said: “Young people spurred on by the need to see their country change.” You can sense the…

PoliticsImmigration
Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

Labour Wars: Starmer the Sec-EU-rocrat

Guido members get exclusive access to Labour Wars, the inside track on what’s really happening at the top of government. Tomorrow’s news, today… Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, like our recent Save Chagos Boat Party. Click here to become a member today…

Defence
Guido Fawkes13 Apr 2026

LIVE: Starmer Makes Commons Statement on Middle East

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