2 h. ago What is Reform UK's proposed Britannia Card? Nigel Farage's 'bonanza for billionaires' explained

The party said the policy would ‘encourage the return of wealth and talent to the United Kingdom’

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7 h. ago Farage’s ‘bonanza for billionaires’ would cost UK £34bn a year, warns tax expert

Reform UK believes the plans for a Britannia card will make the UK ‘incredibly attractive’ to the wealthy, but tax expert Dan Neidle has warned it will leave a massive black hole

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7 h. ago ‘Billionaires’ bonanza’: Labour derides Reform plan to offer tax exemptions to wealthy

Nigel Farage defends policy to top up poorest workers from £250,000 ‘landing fee’ on rich UK newcomersUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesNigel Farage has defended his plans to attract wealthy individuals to the UK with a £250,000 fee for 10 years of residency and a special tax regime, as Labour called it a “billionaires’ bonanza”.In a press conference in London, the leader of Reform UK said he wanted to win back very wealthy people leaving the country, and encourage them to spend and create jobs in the UK. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Farage’s ‘Robin Hood tax’ would cost UK £34bn a year, warns tax expert

Reform UK believes the plans for a Britannia card will make the UK ‘incredibly attractive’ to the wealthy, but tax expert Dan Neidle has warned it will leave a massive black hole

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11 h. ago Nigel Farage's Britannia Card plot to help billionaires avoid taxes mocked

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is planning to let wealthy business tycoons pay £250,000 for a so-called Britannia Card, which would excuse them from taxes on overseas earnings and inheritance tax

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12 h. ago Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship London council as Nigel Farage eyes political gains across the capital

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’

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21 h. ago Reform unveils plan to top up poorest workers from £250,000 fee on rich UK newcomers

Nigel Farage will outline Britannia Card policy that could give the low paid £600 to £1,000 extra a yearReform UK are to offer wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax regime in exchange for a one-off payment of £250,000 with all funds collected redistributed to Britain’s lowest-paid workers, the party claims,.The proposal, dubbed the Britannia Card, is due to be unveiled by party leader Nigel Farage later this week. It promises a 10-year residence permit and a return to the controversial “remittance basis” of taxation, allowing cardholders to shield overseas income from UK tax and avoid inheritance tax entirely. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Reform UK would win if general election held tomorrow, poll suggests

Ipsos survey finds Nigel Farage’s party has a nine-point lead over Labour

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43 h. ago Reform 'set to repeal assisted dying legislation in next general election' if it passes through Lords

Nigel Farage's party is expected to promise to reverse the law in its next manifesto, assuming the legislation passes in the Lords.

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44 h. ago Nigel Farage becomes latest MP to cast doubt over Lucy Letby murder conviction

The Reform UK leader was responding to a powerful article in the Daily Mail by Sir Jeremy Hunt, who was Health Secretary when the babies died at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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51 h. ago Reform is on course to WIN next General Election, new poll shows

The voting intention for Nigel Farage 's party's was more than double that of the Tories , who languished in third with 15 per cent, compared to Labour's 25 per cent and Reform's 34 per cent.

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55 h. ago The paradise island where millionaires go to avoid death (and taxes): Isle for the libertarian super

This isn't a place for a break but one to escape bureaucracy, regulation, and the two forces that usually catch up with everyone: death and taxes.

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60 h. ago ‘They feel betrayed’: how Reform UK is targeting votes in Britain’s manufacturing heartlands

In the first in a series, the Guardian maps out the rise in support for Farage and how parties are targeting the UK’s deindustrialised areasWhen Nigel Farage called for the nationalisation of British Steel on a visit to the Scunthorpe steelworks this spring, it was a marked change in direction for a man who had spent almost all of his political career campaigning for a smaller, Thatcherite state.Two years earlier, he had questioned why British taxpayers’ money should be thrown into keeping the fires of the very same blast furnaces burning. Back in 2018 he told an interviewer: “I supported Margaret Thatcher’s modernisation and reforms of the economy. It was painful for some people, but it had to happen.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Deputy FM accuses Leo Varadkar of reinventing himself after Irish unity comments

Emma Little-Pengelly took a swipe after he said that Irish unity would become ‘centre stage’ if Nigel Farage became UK prime minister.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage as British PM would put Irish unity ‘centre stage’ – former premier

Leo Varadkar, who stood down as taoiseach last year, said it is possible Mr Farage will be prime minister in four years or nine years time.

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4 d. ago Nine years on from Brexit, most Brits want to see the UK return to the EU

Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the Conservative Party all blamed by voters who think the UK’s departure from the European Union has been a failure

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4 d. ago Jodie Marsh dances with Nigel Farage as he tries to hide face from camera

Jodie Marsh hosted a charity event to support her Fripp Farm Animal Sanctuary earlier this week, and controversial politician Nigel Farage was among the attendees

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4 d. ago John Major urges misconduct crackdown, warning of falling political standards

The former prime minister set out a code of conduct which all public servants and officials must abide by to address a series of sleaze scandals.

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5 d. ago Renfrewshire Council decision to stop using X branded 'baffling' by Reform UK councillor

Jamie McGuire, who defected from Labour to Nigel Farage's party, has urged the local authority to "reverse" the step.

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5 d. ago Horny cheats name Nigel Farage 'UK's sexiest' MP with Angela Rayner

Nigel Farage and Angela Rayner are the UK's sexiest politicians, according to a poll. Tory heartthrobs beat Labour as the sexiest party overall, with Reform UK coming third

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