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Guido Fawkes27 Apr 2026

Labour Pays Four ‘Interim New Town Advisers’ Equivalent of £281,000 to Bolster Failing Housing Target

Labour is paying four “temporary advisers” the equivalent of £280,800 a year to kickstart its new homes programme. This is the project the government claims will aid “the most ambitious housebuilding programme in more than half a century” which has so far fallen far below expectations. Labour is expected to miss its housebuilding target… Labour…

Housing
Guido Fawkes22 Apr 2026

Andy Burnham Copies Rayner With London Campaign Spree

Ambitious Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham is campaigning in London with allies of Angela Rayner. Politics Home reports that Burnham is to head to Islington and Lewisham to do some door-to-door campaigning. Curiously Guido can report that three days after Angela Rayner went door-knocking in Peckham with leftist housing minister Miatta Fahbulleh, Burnham is doing…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes21 Apr 2026

Foreign Office Permanent Secretary: Runners and Riders

Olly Robbins is out at the FCDO. The runners and riders: Nick Dyer: Currently Robbins’ temporary replacement as Interim Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO. Dyer has almost exclusively held roles in the now-absorbed Department for International Development and subsequently was the “aid guy” in the Foreign Office. Sources inside say he is “aid-obsessed” and on…

Housing
Guido Fawkes16 Apr 2026

Rayner to Hit London Campaign Trail With Favourite Leftist Minister

Rayner is picking her local election campaign partners carefully. Only allies… Housing minister Miatta Fahnbulleh has been sending out the invites to Labour members with the title: “Get the Vote Out with Anegla Rayner & Miatta Fahnbulleh.“ Yes, that is her typo – so much for friendship… Fahnbulleh is former chief executive of the leftist…

PoliticsHousing
Guido Fawkes9 Apr 2026

Labour-Green Local Election War Breaks Out Over Housing

Housing is the central nib of Labour’s battle against the Green Party in the upcoming local elections. Both sides think they have gains to make targeting the issue… Zack Polanski has trailed comments for his local election campaign launch today in London: “Look at how Labour councils treat their own tenants… One of Keir Starmer’s…

PoliticsDefenceEnvironmentHousing
Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

Labour Instructs ‘Fair Work’ Employment Policeman to Recommend Its Own Expansion

The Fair Work Agency – set up to police employers and enforce the Employment Rights Act – has been instructed by Labour to expand itself outside of its current remit. Two foundational documents published yesterday have snuck the provisions in… The ‘strategic steer’ document from DBT contains a “thought leadership” section. In it the FWA…

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Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

Labour’s Housing Target Crumbles as Construction Declines Again

Government figures published today reveal brick deliveries fell 18.3% in February compared with a year ago, with block deliveries dropping 17.4% and ready-mixed concrete sales falling by 16.4% in the final quarter of 2025. Private new housing output, the sector Starmer’s fanciful 1.5 million homes target depends on, fell 6.3% in the three months to…

Housing
Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Labour Caps Student Loan Interest Rates

Labour’s new policy on student loans has come after outrage online prompted a campaign in the media and Tory promises to take action. The DfE says the interest rate on Plan 2 and Plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6% from September. It’s currently an interest rate of RPI +3% while they are…

Housing
Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Four in Ten Appeals Against ‘Highly Uncertain’ Reeves Mansion Tax Set to Succeed

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s own detailed costings of Reeves’ new Mansion Tax predict 40% of appeals against property valuations will be successful. Introducing a new band with re-evaluations will be utter chaos… The OBR has put out supplementary forecast information on the new tax this morning. The forecaster predicts the Treasury will lose £275…

EconomyHousing
Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Simon Dudley Sacked as Reform’s Housing Spokesman

Nigel Farage has just confirmed Simon Dudley has been sacked as Reform’s housing spokesman: “He is no longer a spokesman for the party. That’s been dealt with… the comments were deeply inappropriate. Richard Tice has dealt with him”. Dudley claimed post-Grenfell regulations had “swung too far the wrong way” and “everyone dies in the end“.…

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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Labour Minister: No Action on Fuel Because ‘Our Situation Is Different’

Employment Rights minister Kate Dearden has said the government is not taking steps on fuel because “our situation is different” to other countries. Correct – there is no money… On Sky News Dearden was pressed on measures taken by other countries – Australia and others have halved fuel duty and suggested people use less of…

Housing
Guido Fawkes1 Apr 2026

Regulated Media Organisations Instructed Not to Approach Zack Polanski’s Family

Pinging around dead tree press newsrooms since the start of the week: “IPSO has today been contacted by a representative acting on behalf of the immediate family of Zack Polanski. Mr Polanski’s mother, father, brother, and sister ask that the press do not attend their homes and do not approach them by phone or email,…

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