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How Andy Burnham’s radical land tax will rock your house price

  The favourite to be Britain’s next prime minister backs a tax revolution that has painful repercussions Daily Telegraph 06/06/26 LINK The man who is increasingly likely to be Britain’s next prime minister wants to introduce a property tax. “I think land is under-taxed,” Andy Burnham said last month as he launched his campaign to return to Westminster and challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. “I have long been persuaded of the argument for a land value tax,” he added. The Mayor of Greater Manchester, who is the favourite to win a potential leadership battle, seems to be eyeing revolution in British property taxation. It is a system that is in desperate need of radical reform. Economists and politicians across the political spectrum have long been calling for an overhaul of the system to drive growth, boost productivity and address deep-seated unfairness. Andy Burnham has previously stated that he feels ‘land is under-taxed’ Credit : Temilade Adelaja Some argue tha...
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Badenoch: Henry Nowak’s parents want common-sense policing

  Tory leader pledges to create ‘positive legacy’ for murdered student after meeting his family The family of murdered student Henry Nowak want to see “common-sense” policing where everyone is treated equally under the law, Kemi Badenoch has said. The Conservative leader met Mark Nowak and Lucy Ross, as well as the teenager’s stepmother, Katie Woodcock, on Thursday and pledged she would create a “positive legacy” for the Southampton University student . The private meeting came as politicians continued to trade blows about “two-tier” policing in Britain and the 18-year-old’s treatment by officers at the scene of his murder. The family were also due to meet Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, in Downing Street on Thursday. After meeting the family, Mrs Badenoch said: “Everyone knows I have strong views about how we should deal with equality under the law. What the family agreeMr Nowak was arrested and handcuffed as he lay dying while his Sikh killer, Vickrum Digwa, who had stabb...
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It’s not Farage who’s ‘stoking division’, Sir Keir. It’s Lefties like you

In the wake of Henry Nowak’s murder, the cynical playbook deployed by the PM and his ilk exposes them as blame-shifting hypocrites Daily Telegraph 03/06/26 If you want to know what sort of man Sir Keir Starmer is, consider these two clues. First, note how slow he was to make any public comment about the murder of Henry Nowak . And second, note how quick he was to condemn his political opponents for speaking up about it. “Nigel Farage is completely wrong to use this to try and create division,” fumed the Prime Minister on Tuesday. Countless other politicians of the Left joined in, darkly warning the public about the dangers of “stoking division” among “our communities”, and denouncing “the far-Right” for “politicising a tragedy”. Do these words sound a touch familiar? They should. Because, in recent years, this is exactly the same script that politicians of the Left have taken to reciting immediately after every atrocity inflicted on the British people. They use it every time Islamists ...
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Henry Nowak killer’s family members charged with weapons offences

  Vickrum Digwa, his brother and father face total of 22 charges relating to an arsenal said to include swords, machete and baton Daily Telegraph 02/06/26 Vickrum Digwa and his brother and father have appeared in court charged with a total of 22 weapons offences. The 23-year-old, who was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 21 years for the murder of Henry Nowak, appeared at a magistrates’ court to face six counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a private place. The alleged weapons are a flick knife, an extendable baton known as an asp, knuckledusters, a machete, swords and kusaris, Japanese weapons consisting of weighted chains. Vickrum, wearing a dark suit, blue tie and blue turban, appeared in the dock in Southampton accompanied by two security officers. His father, Moga Singh, 52, and his 27-year-old brother Gurpreet Digwa, both of Southampton, appeared alongside him to face the same charges. Between the three of them, they face a total of 22 weapons charges. D...
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Pat McFadden: All Labour does is ask ‘who can we tax?’

  Latest release of Mandelson files reveals Work and Pensions Secretary’s frustrations over welfare Daily Telegraph 01/06/26 Labour cares only about who it can tax in order to pay more in benefits , a senior Cabinet minister complained to Lord Mandelson. Pat McFadden , Sir Keir Starmer’s enforcer in Cabinet at the time, told the disgraced peer that every meeting he had with members of the Parliamentary Labour Party concerned the question: “Who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others?” The comments were seized on by the Conservatives , who branded Labour “the welfare party”.   The frank exchange emerged on Monday as part of the Government’s release of more than 1,500 pages of emails and WhatsApp messages relating to Lord Mandelson’s time as the UK’s ambassador to the US. The document release  – the largest laid before Parliament since the 2016 Chilcot Inquiry – was demanded by MPs in the wake of Lord Mandelson’s sacking and fresh revelations about his friendship wi...
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