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This Week with Mike Graham: Reeves Didn’t Fix the Foundations. She Blew Them Up.
Weak growth, falling payroll jobs, rising borrowing and another 539,000 BBC licences lost.
Jul 16
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Jamie Jenkins
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Britain Is Cancelling the BBC — Another 539,000 Licences Disappear
More households are deciding the £180 television licence is no longer worth paying. The BBC is right to follow audiences onto YouTube, but it should…
Jul 15
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Jamie Jenkins
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Britain Is Broke — So Why Are MPs Demanding More Foreign Aid?
Labour MPs want aid spending restored to 0.7%, despite soaring debt interest and strained public services. Compassion matters, but every pound must…
Jul 13
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Jamie Jenkins
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Nothing Is Free — Benefits, Borrowing and More
Free childcare, more benefits and even a national food service — politicians keep promising more, while Britain keeps borrowing to pay the bills.
Jul 10
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Jamie Jenkins
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The OBR’s Warning - Britain’s Tax & Spend Time Bomb
The Office for Budget Responsibility has delivered a warning Westminster cannot keep dodging.
Jul 8
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Jamie Jenkins
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Labour’s Great Admission — They Never Prepared For Power
Two years after the 2024 election, Morgan McSweeney has admitted Labour was not ready to govern. The result has been policy mistakes, reversals and a…
Jul 4
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Jamie Jenkins
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Starmer Says His Plan Is Working — The Numbers Say No
Asylum pressure has shifted into communities, average UK wealth has fallen sharply since 2020, and more than one million children are now referred for…
Jul 3
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Jamie Jenkins
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June 2026
The Snowflake Generation, One Million Children Referred For Mental Health Support
More than one million under-18s in England had an active mental-health referral last year. Are we giving children the support they need, or failing to…
Jun 30
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Jamie Jenkins
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The Asylum Hotels Are Closing — But Is The Crisis Moving Onto Your Street?
Hotel use is down since Labour took office. But dispersal accommodation is up by almost 7,000 people — while more than 11,000 have crossed the Channel…
Jun 28
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Jamie Jenkins
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Heat, Boats, Debt And What Comes Next
Heatwave panic, Channel crossings, Labour’s debt spiral — and why Britain needs to get young people into work.
Jun 25
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Jamie Jenkins
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Hotter Summers, Closed Schools — Where Is Britain’s Adaptation Plan?
If hotter summers are becoming normal, why is Britain still closing schools instead of adapting to the heat?
Jun 23
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Jamie Jenkins
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Labour’s Burnham Gamble: More Of The Same Or A Real Reset?
Starmer is gone, but Labour is still losing voters to Reform and the Greens. Can Andy Burnham rebuild the coalition — or will he simply repackage the…
Jun 23
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Jamie Jenkins
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