Rachel Reeves (Image: Getty)
Rachel Reeves said all she wanted for Christmas is economic growth, but her gift to British people is low growth, higher inflation and crashed business confidence – a return of the dreaded “stagflation”.
She appears to have taken the UK back to the dark days of the 1970s with her horror show budget.
Her punishing jobs tax, death tax combined with Labour’s job destroying union charter seem intent on crushing businesses and wealth creators across the country rather than inspiring the best in Britain’s economy.
Her cruel policy to snatch away winter fuel payments from vulnerable pensioners to lavish inflation busting pay rises for her union friends with no strings attached is rightly seen by the public as a morally wrong choice.
We all know governments don’t create growth, businesses do. So the best new year resolution of this socialist government is to get off the backs of british business.
But don’t hold your breath – there’s barely a shred of business experience in the entire Labour cabinet.
Labour has only been in power for a matter of months, but the damage they have already done could take years to undo. Just this week, we have learned the economy is smaller than when Labour took over.
It’s no wonder fewer than a quarter of businesses who publicly backed labour before the general election still stand by them.
This is a government of broken promises. Having promised not to tax working people when they needed their votes – they hiked the tax paid through work.
Having promised not to touch inheritance tax before polling day, they went and did exactly that. And having promised not to fiddle the fiscal rules, they fiddled them to allow record borrowing.
The fruits of this approach are now becoming clear: no growth, higher inflation and record taxes.
No wonder Sir Keir Starmer has quietly dropped his pre-election pledge that the UK would have the fastest growth in the G7.
Starmer must make it his new year’s resolution to change course and support business generating growth.
Or we will be here again next Christmas with Reeves doing nothing but hopelessly hoping for growth while families across the country pay the price for the damage she has done.
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Keir Starmer sent major immigration warning by his own MPs
Labour MPs in pro-Brexit seats in Midlands and North call on PM to be more vocal on immigration.
Keir Starmer has been warned Red Wall MPs risk losing their seats (Image: Getty)
Labour MPs in the Red Wall are warning Sir Keir Starmer they are at risk of losing their seats to Reform unless he proves he is tough on immigration.
Around 35 MPs have formed a new pressure group dubbed the Red Wall Caucus urging the PM to be more vocal about his plans to get a grip on the issue.
The MPs represent Brexit-backing seats in the North and Midlands that were once Labour heartlands but fell to Boris Johnson in his 2019 landslide and are now being eyed up by Nigel Farage.
Jonathan Hinder, the Labour MP for Pendle and Clitheroe and a member of the group, said the challenge for the Government is to “clearly and regularly communicate” the action being taken to curb immigration.
He told The Telegraph: “The British people want our borders secure and net migration brought down after the Tories totally lost control.
“The Government has made an excellent start in this regard, but the challenge now is to clearly and regularly communicate the action being taken on deportations, smashing the gangs, and reducing our reliance on overseas workers, so that people have confidence that progress is being made.”
Another MP in the group added of the Government’s messaging: “I feel that we can be better. I feel that we’ve come into Government focusing on doing the job, rather than on how we inform people of what we’re doing.
“So getting our comms right is critical, and I see that as an important responsibility for us in the Red Wall group to put that pressure on the Government to do so.
“If you look at the Government and the majority of ministers, they represent seats that you wouldn’t define as Red Wall seats… That’s no fault and no criticism, but it’s ensuring that we have a voice and that we are heard.
Migrants attempt to cross the English Channel on Christmas Day (Image: STEVE FINN PHOTOGRAPHY)
Several boats were seen making the dangerous journey from France on Wednesday (Image: STEVE FINN PHOTOGRAPHY)
“It’s about ensuring that they hear what we’re saying about what’s going on locally, but also ensuring that the comms and the way that we present policy reflects the priorities for people in our area.”
It comes as the Prime Minister has so far refused to set a target for bringing down record levels of net migration – the difference between the number of people arriving legally and leaving – to the UK.
Meanwhile, more migrants crossed the English Channel on small boats on Christmas Day yesterday.
