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OBR: Labour Tax & Spend Has Made British Economy Unsustainable

Guido Fawkes

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July 7, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Card Stacking

The OBR has published a new report looking at the sustainability of the public finances via scenarios for tax, spending, and debt over 50 years. It’s not pretty It runs scenarios for state finances. Some key findings: Debt hits 300 of GDP by the 2070s on current policy. In the OBR’s baseline, public sector net debt

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GB News

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· Jul 7, 2026

POLL OF THE DAY: Is Britain's benefits bill out of control? VOTE NOW

Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

Daily Mail

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· Jun 21, 2026

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: My dad worked tirelessly to provide for us - here's why Labour's tax assault is now killing such aspiration

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: My dad worked tirelessly to provide for us - here's why Labour's tax assault is now killing such aspiration

The Economic Times

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· Jun 23, 2026

NRI’s UK income taxed in India

NRI’s UK income taxed in India

The Standard

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· Jun 25, 2026

Hit London banks with windfall tax up to £60bn to cut energy bills for less well off, Andy Burnham union ally urges

But shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride warns: ‘Labour need to realise that you can’t tax your way to prosperity’

The i Paper

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· Jun 23, 2026

The property tax changes Burnham could make – and what they’d mean for you

The Labour 'PM-in-waiting' has said Britain undertaxes wealth and overtaxes income

Sky News Australia

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· Jun 22, 2026

Starmer hammered as migration crisis fuels public anger

Sky News host Peta Credlin details how the UK’s migration has become completely out of control after concerns of over-welfare, housing and social cohesion explode. “It’s the welfare payments too, the one thing that’s been retold back to me people know down to the last couple of dollars what these migrants are getting,” Ms Credlin said. “They’re housed in hotels, they’re getting particular payments, they’re getting payments for children and family … there are concerns about safety, cohesion. “It’s just not the numbers crossing the border. You’re changing Britain; Britain won’t be Britain anymore.”

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Related coverage for "OBR: Labour Tax & Spend Has Made British Economy Unsustainable": GB News — POLL OF THE DAY: Is Britain's benefits bill out of control? VOTE NOW. Daily Mail — JEFF PRESTRIDGE: My dad worked tirelessly to provide for us - here's why Labour's tax assault is now killing such aspiration. The Economic Times — NRI’s UK income taxed in India . The Standard — Hit London banks with windfall tax up to £60bn to cut energy bills for less well off, Andy Burnham union ally urges. The i Paper — The property tax changes Burnham could make – and what they’d mean for you. Sky News Australia — Starmer hammered as migration crisis fuels public anger