News Round-Up

“Millions of working people will suffer from Reeves’s first Budget, OBR confirms” – The fiscal watchdog says that workers will bear 80% of the cost of the Chancellor’s rise in employer NI in the long term, through lost wage increases and lower income, according to the Telegraph.
“The charts that show why Reeves has condemned Britain to a low-growth future” – After hitting Britain with £40 billion of higher taxes, Labour’s stated aim of achieving the best sustained growth in the G7 looks further away than ever, says Szu Ping Chan in the Telegraph.
“Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of ‘shafting’ farmers in inheritance tax raid” – Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid on farmers in the Budget, reports the Telegraph.
“Has Rachel Reeves killed the family farm?” – The vast majority of ordinary family farms will now have to pay inheritance tax, notes James Heale in the Spectator.
“Families, businesses and pub landlords give their verdict on Budget” – Property owners, pub landlords, entrepreneurs and business owners have all raised major concerns over the changes in Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, reports the Mail.
“Will BBC Verify call Labour out for their lies? Don’t hold your breath” – The licence fee funded fact checkers seem much more interested in witch hunting in Nigeria than in Rachel Reeves’s Budget, says Isabel Oakeshott in the Telegraph.
“Britain’s socialist future has now arrived” – The Chancellor won’t be able to blame the Tories for the ensuing failures of this 70s-throwback Budget, writes Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
“Britain is heading for oblivion, ruined by Labour’s greed, malice and stupidity” – Reeves has condemned us to penury, thanks to her obsession with punitive taxes and higher spending, says Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
“The markets don’t like this Budget much” – It seems that bond traders, such reliable judges of Liz Truss‘s budget, have gone back to being evil capitalists now that Labour is in charge of the economy, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
“Pressure on Starmer to reveal what he knew about Southport suspect – and when” – Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper are under growing pressure to reveal what they knew about the suspect accused of the Southport killings amid accusations it is “not plausible” for them to have found out only in the last few weeks, says the Telegraph.
“Why has Southport not been declared a terror attack?” – Axel Rudakubana, the alleged Southport killer, has been accused of possessing a terrorist document, yet the police still insist there is no evidence of a terrorist motive. How can both be the case? wonders Duncan Gardham in the Spectator.
“U.K. Government and media spread disinformation about Southport killer, evidence suggests” – Did the U.K. Government spread misinformation about the Southport massacre and use it to justify censorship and repression, asks Alex Gutentag on the Public Substack.
“From our man on the spot, ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally report you didn’t see in the MSM” – The Unite the Kingdom rally was peaceful, patriotic and unfairly smeared by biased media, says Prof. Norman Fenton in TCW.
“Iraqi Channel migrant avoids deportation over lost ID” – An illegal Channel migrant refused asylum in Italy and Sweden has avoided deportation from the U.K. after claiming he lost his ID documents, reports the Telegraph.
“Israel is right to shun UNRWA” – No other country would be expected to tolerate an organisation with terror links operating on its soil, writes Daniel Ben-Ami in Spiked.
“The UN aid agency that can’t shake its terror links” – Israel claims that a United Nations body in Gaza is collaborating with Hamas – and it could derail the provision of essential aid, warns George Chesterton in the Telegraph.
“Calm down, no one is threatening to kill Mehdi Hasan” – The media meltdown over a joke about a pager is far worse than the joke itself, says Brendan O’Neill in Spiked.
“How Just Stop Oil ruined the National Gallery for everyone” – A spate of soup incidents has prompted new, airport-style security checks at the National Gallery and risks putting tourists off one of our many free museums, writes Etan Smallman in the Telegraph.
“Joe Biden calls Trump supporters ‘garbage’” – Joe Biden calls Donald Trump supporters “garbage” as he wades into a row over the Republican nominee’s Madison Square Garden rally, reports Axios.
“White House tries to cover up Biden calling Trump supporters ‘garbage’” – Joe Biden’s camp is desperately trying to explain away his recent outburst, says the Mail.
“Vibes don’t matter. Donald Trump is still the underdog” – Hillary Clinton has a simple lesson to teach Trump’s supporters: the best way to lose an election is to assume you’ve already won it, writes Daniel McCarthy in the Spectator.
“Over 200,000 subscribers flee Washington Post after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement” – Over 200,000 people cancelled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that the Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate, reports NPR.
“On the road with an army of 2,000 migrants rushing to America before Trump can retake the White House” – The prospect of former President Trump back in office – and tougher border restrictions – is galvanising migrants to start walking now, says Robert Mendick in the Telegraph.
“Did U.S. Government-sponsored disinformation make COVID-19 worse?” – A new U.S. House report exposes how the Fors Marsh Group orchestrated a COVID-19 disinformation campaign for the Department of Health and Human Services, writes Dr. Robert W. Malone on his Substack.
“Tice slams Starmer for ‘information gap’ over Southport stabbings” – At PMQs, Reform MP Richard Tice takes Starmer to task over the recent revelations of the Southport stabber’s terror charges.

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