Why does anyone donate to Oxfam? Between sex scandals and recent allegations of bullying, the charity has not covered itself in glory Not only that, but it now sees peddling dodgy stats and tired stereotypes about wealth as central to its work My latest in The The Spectator 👇

I have been sorting out my kids inheritance tax after their mother passed 6 weeks ago. What a nightmare and so unfair in every way. 1. Gifts going back 7 years taxed at 40%. 7 years if bank statements. 2. 6 months to pay IHT bill whilst burying, grieving, getting valuations,

If you want to see everything that's wrong with modern politics, look at Ben Maguire Not a single intelligent thought in his brain. Just regurgitates the pre-scripted line prepared for him by some jumped up staffer The quality of some MPs should be a source of national shame

"You have committed us to a lifetime of pain."

Have yourself a merry little Christmas is an amazing song - profound, romantic, sorrowful But the original version has been stripped of that, with a hideous edit to the lyrics Treat yourself to the hauntingly beautiful original Me in The Spectator spectator.com/article/have-y…

‘Labour are cowards to their own backbenches.’ Investigations Campaign Manager at Taxpayers' Alliance, Callum McGoldrick, believes that there has been a rise in out-of-work benefits, and that Labour is too afraid to ‘tack and change’ the welfare state.

Good news for 1.5 million with variable rate mortgages that the base rate went down. Bad news for more than 30 million with savings who will be worse off. This is not the key to speed up growth.

'I’d trust an arsonist to run a petrol station over Ed Miliband running the economy.' Elliot Keck reacts rumours Ed Miliband could replace Rachel Reeves as Chancellor, or Keir Starmer as PM, warning his net zero obsession has already worsened Britain’s 'economic malaise'.

There's a very long list of people who should be making this apology Covered Labour in opposition with minimal scrutiny, the result being one of the worst governments in British history

Even more remarkable is that 76% of Reform voters put Conservatives as 2nd choice. Just 14% of Lib Dems, who would pick the hyper-progressive, far left Greens by 35% Demonstrates that any strategy that doesn't focus almost exclusively on winning/winning back Reform voters is

With the government now appointing an external firm to handle the public sector's "media strategy, planning, and buying services", I assume there will be a major cull of comms staff In 2024 there were 4,850 comms staff in Whitehall alone

Who was politician of the year? What was the moment of the year? And what was the best political news source of the year? Find out our taxpayer awards in a Christmas special of a nation of taxpayers, with the TPA's Anne Strickland and Elliot Keck joined by CapX's Joseph Dinnage

Pressure and campaigning works. This is better, but not nearly good enough - keep fighting. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Looks like that's the end of the NHS then, Keir Starmer?

Matthew Bowles does not work for the IEA. Polanski getting his facts wrong again.