BREAKING: Inflation UP Labour's economic mismanagement is driving up inflation, squeezing living standards, and hurting the most vulnerable. A record tax burden, reckless borrowing and constant U-turns show a government without a plan. Only the Conservatives offer serious

Tris Osborne MP Conservatives As usual, worth adding the euro area for comparison... 👇 The "Conservative" peak of 11.1% was matched in the rest of Europe. But under Labour the UK has become an inflation outlier again, reflecting policy choices made by the new government on tax and regulated prices.

Labour took over with the inflation rate at 2%. It is now 3.4%, 70% higher. Unemployment was 4.1%. It is now 5.1%, 24% higher. The government has given us change for the worse, the opposite of their promises.

BREAKING: £140bn borrowed this year - the second year in a row Labour have presided over record borrowing, outside the pandemic. Debt interest at almost double what we spend on defence. Only the Conservatives have a credible plan to restore stability to the public finances.

Reform’s local government campaigns last year said they would cut council tax. Every council they run is putting tax up. When confronted with this fact, Farage said they didn’t make that promise. But they did.

“(1) The Territory shall remain under United Kingdom sovereignty.” Absolute banger of a treaty clause. 🇮🇴🌴🌞🐢

Some basics about Chagos for BBC reporters, Sky anchors and others coming new to the debate. 1. The Chagos Islands lie half-way between Africa and Indonesia, and host a key Anglo-American military base on the main island, Diego Garcia 2. France ceded the archipelago to Britain

Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 On elections, please remind us Tim: What proportion of Reform's national exec are elected by members? How many Reform candidates are elected? How many defectors to Reform, unlike Carswell & Reckless in Ukip, resigned seats for by-elections? When was any Reform leader elected?

This 👇is spot on.

What was the point of charging local candidates £125 to apply when you were always going to select Matt Godwin.

Scoop: Nigel Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch with the backing of Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey -he’s the latest in a series of non-UK residents backing Reform -comes after Farage was in the UAE just last month on a trip paid for by their government bit.ly/4qOCt5m

Spare a thought for the people who paid £125 to apply only for Farage to pick another close mate.

Interesting view on the new candidate for Reform from err Reform...

Every single day I say GB News is effectively the media & propaganda arm of Reform UK, and people tell me I don’t know what I’m talking about. Well, ladies and gentlemen—meet Matt Goodwin. Reform UK candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election and, coincidentally (if that’s the

And, just be clear, the Nottinghamshire taxpayer is picking up the bill.

The trouble with politics now is you've got too many people thinking that they keep office by spending more taxpayers' money in their own constituency or by agreeing to any good cause. They never look at the total. If you have a total that goes on increasing, you're going to get

Desperate for some positives from Starmer’s surrender tour to China, Labour are crowing about Pop Mart setting up a regional hub in London. How ironic that, after passing Angela Rayner’s Employment Rights Act at home, they are now cosying up to firms linked to allegations of

IT'S HAPPENING Denmark just proposed new DEPORTATION laws. Any non-Danish citizen sentenced to at least 1 year prison would be liable to be deported. Remigration is becoming normal now.

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This doesn’t come as any surprise given Wes Streeting is all about ego and personal ambition over substance, but I wonder why this has emerged now? Is this part of the factional fighting in government to try to scupper Streeting’s chances of toppling and replacing Starmer?