Puritanical Labour march on with their crack down on anything that could be “bad” for the people. Going further than the Tories’ with eyeballing a ban on smoking in pubs, they’re now calling to ban all junk food advertising on telly before 9 p.m. and on social media completely. The socialist desire to micromanage Britons’ lives…
There is, of course, no evidence to suggest that “junk food” advertisement bans work – not that that will stop Labour aggressively out-nannying the previous government. Starmer seems deeply concerned that an ad popping up on a screen of a delicious looking burger or sweet treat will send adults and children running to the shops to gorge on the ‘unhealthy food’. Not like there are more important things to be concerned about. Boo to nanny…
Low-skilled migrants are costing the taxpayer a staggering £150,000 each, according to the latest findings from the OBR. The tax watchdog revealed that migrants coming to Britain are draining public resources, such as the NHS, while the tax they contribute is minimal, as low-skilled migrants earn half the average wage. And these are legal migrants…
By the time a low-skilled migrant who’s come to the UK aged 25 reaches pension age at 66, they’ve already cost the taxpayer £151,000. And if they make it to 80, the bill skyrockets to nearly £500,000. Bear in mind the price tag doesn’t include education or other youth services. So the bill for the taxpayer could be even higher for low-skilled migrants who come to the UK before the age of 25…
Meanwhile, the average British-born worker actually boosts the economy by £280,000 over their lifetime. As Starmer vows to crack down on cheap labour and spiralling migration (net migration hit a record 764,000 last year), these figures highlight the sheer cost to the public purse. And these are just the migrants who actually have jobs…
The minister in charge of policing had her purse stolen at a conference about…policing. Crime, Policing and Fire minister Diana Johnson met with senior police officers earlier today when her wallet was nicked, having just spoken at the conference bemoaning the “epidemic of anti-social behaviour, theft and shoplifting”. You couldn’t make it up…
The incident sent the Home Office into hight alert as they are now “probing security risks” while Warwickshire Police have confirmed they are investigating the theft. Let’s hope it wasn’t one of those early released prisoners…
After Starmer’s highly contentious bill to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance passed the Commons earlier this week, Guido thought he’d take a look at some of the previous staunchly held views of the Labour MPs who had voted in favour of it. Many happily bashed the Tories for the same policy in 2017, promising that Labour was the party of pensioners. Here are a few tweets that haven’t aged well…
Do their hearts secretly still bleed for these pensioners, or have they simply changed their minds?
Rumours are swirling of Chancellor Reeves eyeing up a raid on pension tax reliefs, aiming to tighten her grip on hardworking Britons’ wallets. Now the Institute for Fiscal Studies has called for Reeves to reduce the amount that pensioners can withdraw from their pension pots tax-free. As it stands, savers can take out 25% of their pension tax-free up to £268,275, though the tax-happy think tank says this should be reduced to £100,000. Hitting 1 in 5 hard-working retirees’ wallets…
Tax lawyer and senior Labour activist Dan Neidle slammed the idea, pointing out the tax-free lump sum has been a cornerstone of the “deal” that workers have been promised when putting their hard-earned cash into their pensions. It would be yet another policy proving high-tax Labour view the elderly vote as less important. Reeves would be wise to ignore the idea, branded “unethical” by Cut My Tax. Changing the rules half-way through the game isn’t a good look for a party that claims to be one of “integrity”…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”