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…
Every month, we publish the power rankings of all the leading lights in Reform based on our readers’ responses. Click here to fill in the survey, and the results will be published at the end of the month. Here’s how last month played out…
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JD Vance:
“Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.
Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won’t be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response—the only response—is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse.
It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.”
Wading in…
Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire spoke with Andy Burnham:
This is despite Burnham sending a press release out to papers this morning about his plans to cut business rates by 20% in government. Pick and choose – this is the attitude to the campaign which is derided by those who think Burnham will crash and burn upon impact with political reality…
Just for fun, Burnham also couldn’t name the fiscal rules:
Strap in…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”