Nigel Farage downplays problem gambling and says gambling industry shouldn’t face higher taxes
“Gambling has social harms attached to it. It preys on vulnerable people, so they absolutely should be paying more.”
Olivia Barber
Ed Davey blasts Nigel Farage for teaming up with Trump to attack the BBC
“I think people need to see through Nigel Farage, and see through Donald Trump and realise what they’re trying to do to our great country.”
Billionaire Tory donor and JCB chair Lord Bamford gives Reform UK £200,000
“Lord Bamford’s latest political donation makes the point, yet again, that we need a cap on donations.”
How right-wing attacks have led to resignations at the BBC
“This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.”
Fire Brigades Union slams Reform in Kent for causing “threat to public safety”
Reform UK’s councillor suspensions have left the council’s fire authority unable to function properly
Labour restores whip to four MPs who voted against welfare cuts
‘There will always be disagreements in politics, what defines us is how we resolve them.’
Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says party must not break tax manifesto promise
Powell has also repeated her call for the two-child limit to be lifted “in full”
Reform mocked as expelled councillors form rival group on Kent council
The Lib Dems have compared factionalism and infighting in Reform-run Kent County Council to a Monty Python-style farce
Paul Nowak roasts Telegraph columnist’s claim the economy was ‘doing ok’ under the Tories on Question Time
“Doing well for who? Would be the question that I would ask.”
Reform commits to abolishing inheritance tax
“Instead of offering real solutions, Reform is promising to rig the tax system further for a small minority of the country.”