Today marks Tax Freedom Day, the point at which Brits stop working for the taxman and start earning for themselves. According to the Adam Smith Institute, every penny the average worker earned up to 5th June went to the Treasury. It is the latest Tax Freedom Day ever recorded…
Taxpayers have now worked 156 days for HMRC this year, four days longer than in 2025. Cost of Government Day, which also accounts for borrowing, falls on 22nd July, the latest since the pandemic. Crack open the champagne to celebrate…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”