Facts first. Parties second.
5 articles
car-sharing
Zipcar closes UK operations after heavy losses, highlighting how high costs and regulations drive global innovators from Britain's cities. Sustainable transport goals suffer as urban mobility options shrink.
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves cited a non-existent black hole for £26bn tax hikes, ignoring inflation revenues to boost welfare to 25% of budget. This inverts incentives, drives young emigration, and locks in high-tax stagnation.
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves' £26bn tax rise targets the wealthy to fund decaying public services, ignoring fiscal drag on workers and decades of cross-party underperformance. OBR disputes reveal gaps between claims and fiscal reality.
pensions
Budget measures extract £56bn from private pensions via fiscal drag and NI hikes, leaving public sector schemes untouched and guaranteed. This entrenches a two-tier system that burdens productive workers.
Budget 2025
Freezing tax thresholds per Labour pledge imposes stealth rises costing basic-rate taxpayers £220 yearly, outstripping direct rate hikes. This fiscal drag, extended to 2028, signals more pain amid downgraded growth and record burdens.