New CEBR analysis for Babelfish finds 1.4m homes could be built on brownfield land, adding 0.9% to GDP a year for a decade. Half already have planning permission.
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Crypto cash, mega-donors and captured media: three-quarters of Britons say big money has too much sway over UK politics. The TUC's Unity Works fights back.
20/05/2026Nigel Farage Is Importing Trump's Worst Tactics to Britain and Labour Is Pushing Back
20/05/2026One crypto billionaire gave Reform £12m — a fifth of all UK political donations. Labour's foreign-money cap won't stop him. Only a low, hard cap will.
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23/03/2026
Landbanking, not immigration, is why you can't buy a house
Five housebuilders sit on 868,922 plots worth £275bn while completions hit a decade low. Landbanking, not immigration, is why a generation can't buy a home.
13/07/2026Farage built his brand on his Trump bromance. Now 80% of Britons view Trump unfavourably and 64% see America negatively. The relationship that once helped him is becoming his biggest liability.
23/03/2026There's a lot to say about Reform. A lot of gaps to talk about. Like the gap between what they say and what they do.
23/03/2026Spoiler: Most people get it wrong
23/03/2026Deport 600,000 NHS Workers. Scrap the Equality Act. Take £37bn Out of the Economy. This Is What Voting Reform Actually Means.
23/03/2026
Public backs council tax on developers' empty plots
Survation polling for Babelfish finds more people back than oppose charging housebuilders council tax on consented land they haven't built on. 49% back brownfield.
13/07/2026Labelling Nigel Farage's far-right party as only concerned with immigration and small-minded moaning is a mistake. Their voters are a complex coalition like every other party, writes Nick Lowes of HOPE not hate.
23/03/2026... and his deputy Richard Tice boasts about avoiding £600,000 in tax, writes Labour chair Anna Turley.
23/03/2026Don't believe the hate hype, writes Kevin Maguire, we can beat Reform and build a vivid, hopeful future with the real British values of decency and fair play.
23/03/2026If People Don't Feel the Change They Voted For, Their Faith in Mainstream Politics Will Be Shot. That's When Farage Wins.
23/03/2026They're Not True Believers. They Dislike Trump. They Back Workers' Rights. Reluctant Reformers Are Reform's Most Vulnerable Tribe.
23/03/2026Reform Promised Good Wages for a Hard Day's Work. Then Voted Against Sick Pay, the Minimum Wage and Unfair Dismissal Protection. The Working Right Should Know.
23/03/2026They Moved From the Tories to Reform Without Blinking. Progressive Arguments Won't Land. But Putin, Russia and Local Incompetence Might.
23/03/2026They Back Keir Starmer More Than Any Other Group. They Also Back Tommy Robinson. Meet Reform's Most Baffling Voter Segment.
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