Nigel Farage reveals one-off £250,000 non-dom payment plan June 23, 2025 Nigel Farage has announced a £250,000 one-off “landing fee” for a ‘Britannia Card’ for non-doms to qualify for tax exemptions, in a push to stem the growing exodus of high net worth individuals from the UK. The policy would enable a Robin Hood-style direct payment to the lowest paid – directly to their bank accounts, [...]
The centre-right is in retreat across Europe: here’s how to restore it June 19, 2025 The centre-right dominated post-war European politics, but those days are over. To beat populist insurgents, conservatives must remember the ten Cs, says Joe Harrison Squeezed between Labour and Reform, the Tories are in a desperate struggle for political breathing room. It is tempting to pin this relevance crisis on past blunders – Liz Truss’s infamous [...]
Free Thinking: Mel Stride on Farage’s ‘fantasy’ economics and why Tories are different June 13, 2025 City PM's Opinion and Features Editor sits down with Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride for a very special episode of Free Thinking.
The Capitalist: Reform chairman recalls encounter with evil spirits June 12, 2025 Baby bans, fake news and paranormal activity at Reform. Catch up on the latest gossip in this week's instalment of The Capitalist.
Reform and Tories aligned on Spending Review criticism June 11, 2025 Reform UK has described government spending plans as being “completely out of control” after Rachel Reeves unveiled a package of measures that would increase spending by nearly £200bn over the course of the parliament. Responding to the Chancellor’s Spending Review, Reform Deputy Richard Tice said: “inflation is up, unemployment is up, government borrowing is up, [...]
Farage has a point, the UK should stop subsidising Scotland June 11, 2025 It may have lost him the byelection, but Nigel Farage has a point about Scottish spending, writes Paul Ormerod.
Conservatives defy claims the party is ‘dying’ with millions in fundraising June 10, 2025 The Tory party raised £3.4m in donations in the first quarter of 2025, surpassing all other parties’ fundraising efforts and defying claims the party was ‘dying’. In addition to short money – meaning taxpayer and electoral commission funding – the Tories received £5.5m in the three months to end March. In the last quarter of [...]
Reform and Conservative supporters are open to an alliance, City PM poll finds June 10, 2025 Over half of Reform and Conservative voters support a merger or deal between the two parties, fresh polling by Freshwater Strategy and City PM has found, as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch wrestles to contain the surge in support for her upstart rivals in the wake of the local elections. The prospect of a ‘unite the [...]
Businesses should dictate on burka ban, Badenoch says June 8, 2025 Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said employers should be able to decide if their staff can wear burkas in the workplace. Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings “whether it’s a burka or a balaclava”. Badenoch posted a video on X of part of her interview with [...]
Tory immigration policy: Kemi Badenoch unveils review into leaving ECHR June 6, 2025 Kemi Badenoch has used a major speech on immigration to announce a review into the UK leaving the European Court of Human Rights. In a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in Westminster, the Conservative leader announced a “lawfare commission” whilst slamming “a legal culture that’s become more interested in political activism than [...]
