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Budget highlights 2026.
Beer and wine going up, to stop people from enjoying themselves.
Billions being given to Ukraine.
You might qualify for a £100 payment in winter to heat your home.
Billions being given to Ukraine.
The country is broke.
Billions being given to Ukraine.
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🚨 SUMMARY: The OBR forecasts following John Healey's Budget
- Welfare spending will rise to £431.3bn by 2030/31 - an increase of £97.5bn a year in cash terms
- This includes £209.8bn on pensioner benefits, £110.7bn on Universal Credit, £69.6bn on disability benefits, £13.9bn on Child Benefit and £27.2bn on other welfare
- Inflation will peak at 3.75% in early 2027, up from the earlier prediction of 2%
- UK GDP growth will slow from around 1.25% in 2026 to 1% in 2027, before climbing to 1.6% in 2031
- Average UK unemployment will rise to 5.1% across 2026 and 2027
- The Employment Rights Act will "likely" have a negative economic impact because of reduced flexibility and greater uncertainty for businesses
- The landlord tax increases (property income) could contribute to a long-term rise in private rents and discourage landlords from entering the market
- Real household disposable income per person will be around 0.75% lower in 2030-31 than it expected in March 2026
- Higher earnings and frozen tax thresholds will increase income tax and National Insurance receipts by £9bn in 2026-27 and around £8bn on average in subsequent forecast years compared with March
- Net migration is forecast to fall to 120,000 in the year to mid-2026, then gradually rise to 230,000 by the year to mid-2031
- Nominal weekly earnings growth will slow to around 3.5% in 2026, then average roughly 2.25% a year
- Andy Burnham's first-time buyer scheme could raise house prices by increasing demand without enough new homes being built
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Labour to use £150MILLION of taxpayers' money to 'fund additional large sites to accommodate asylum seekers'
gbnews.com/politics/budget-2…
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This Saturday vs West Brom, we will be proud to unveil our self funded, designed and organised "West Ham Pals" display, honouring the men who served and sacrificed so much.
For this fixture, we've made the decision not to distribute flags in the BML. On a normal matchday, the flags are a big part of what we do, but with the importance of remembrance day and the tribute being paid, we feel it's right that the focus remains only on honouring those men.
The "West Ham Pals" were never given a parade. We hope our display does justice to their memory, and we hope everybody in the stands takes a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by those who came before us.
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Petition: Require agencies and employers to pay umbrella and payroll processing fees.
Change the law so workers, agency workers and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) subcontractors cannot be charged fees just to receive their pay.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Today marks 100 days since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister.
Keir Starmer led the most hostile government towards free speech in modern British history. Andy Burnham’s first 100 days suggest he could be even worse.
Different Prime Minister. Same hostility towards our fundamental right to free speech.
West Ham’s London Stadium eyes capacity increase to take fight to Wembley bit.ly/4BCTzsT
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🚨 Labour have increased taxes by around £5 billion in today’s budget.
This comes on top of nearly £70 billion of tax rises announced in Labour’s previous two Budgets.
That’s three Labour budgets and almost £75 billion in tax rises.
Meanwhile:
❌ Growth next year has been downgraded from 1.6% to 1%
❌ Borrowing remains high
❌ Tax receipts heading for a record 42.9% of GDP
Britain is being taxed more and growing less under this Labour government.
🤨 WATCH as Richard Madeley EXPOSES Andy Burnham’s real Brexit plans live on @GMB
Andy Burnham completely gave the game away on Labour’s quiet scheme to drag Britain back into the EU while being grilled by Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid.
Susanna hit him with the betrayal of his own voters. Sixty-five per cent of his constituents voted Leave and he had promised he would not reopen the entire Brexit argument.
His answer was slippery: “I said we wouldn’t rerun the referendum and that’s not what I’m doing.”
The wording is deliberate. He only ruled out rerunning the referendum. He left the door wide open on rejoining.
Then Madeley confronted him head-on and Burnham could barely keep a straight face.
Madeley: “You’re flying kites, aren’t you, Prime Minister? Watching and listening to what you were saying over the weekend, it was a classic case of somebody testing the water. You’re testing the public mood. You’re checking to see, and I’m sure you’re looking very closely at, the reaction that you’ve had from the public and from the media this morning and over the weekend.”
Watch Burnham’s face as Madeley presses further. In that exact moment. The smile almost breaks through. He knows Madeley has nailed him: “You’re looking to see if actually this is on. If actually it’s on, to suggest maybe in the next manifesto that we should rejoin the EU?”
Burnham ducked and weaved, going round the houses to avoid a straight answer. “I was asked a question Richard so I didn’t fly that kite. I was asked and I try to give honest answers.”
Try? He tries to give honest answers? That is a very odd way to put it. Why not just say he gives honest answers?
The grin told the whole story. He would be a terrible poker player.
Labour’s plan is now obvious. Rejoining the EU goes into the next manifesto. No referendum. Over 17 million people cast their votes in an historic decision to leave. Whether you agreed or disagreed, that vote happened and it cannot be casually overturned without another referendum. Anything less is a disgrace.
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LWT The Big Match
Opening Titles 1968-1983
#TheBigMatch
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This was the @andyburnham I supported for Leader way back in 2015 when I was still a member of Labour. Just wish he had stuck to the principles he had when he made this speech. Opening the free movement issue again is just madness and I think he will live to regret it.
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He told a 65% Leave town he'd respect Brexit, then got the job and started measuring up for Brussels. Every Brexit-backing seat should remember Makerfield.
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One thing that's surprised me about Andy Burnham is the extent to which he just lies.
He says this morning small boats are because of Brexit and "we can't return people".
The FACTS:
In last 5 years of Dublin agreement the UK took in far more migrants than it sent back.
2016: net 200
2017: net 150
2018: net 1000
2019: net 500
2020: net 800
Five years = net 2,500 more migrants than sent back.
Plus, now we'd have to sign up to the migration and asylum pact so the numbers will be enormous.
He knows this. His advisors know this.
They are just lying to you.