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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.

13/07/2026

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.

20/05/2026

Nigel Farage Is Importing Trump's Worst Tactics to Britain and Labour Is Pushing Back

20/05/2026

One 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.

20/05/2026

Trust in UK politics has collapsed to 70%, while foreign money buys influence on the cheap. A £1,000 donation cap could fix it - but will Labour act?

20/05/2026

Nigel Farage claims to be on the side of British workers – yet he invests his riches in global crypto, where power is concentrated among a small group of wealthy individuals

23/03/2026

We asked 11,000 would-be defectors why they are considering voting for Nigel Farage, and we discovered 5 tribes with surprising views

23/03/2026
Housing

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.

13/07/2026

Farage 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.

23/03/2026

There'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.

23/03/2026

Spoiler: Most people get it wrong

23/03/2026

Deport 600,000 NHS Workers. Scrap the Equality Act. Take £37bn Out of the Economy. This Is What Voting Reform Actually Means.

23/03/2026
Housing

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.

13/07/2026

Babelfish Editions

blockwork being put up

Edition 4

Building for Britain

A massive housebuilding programme could kick-start an economic boom and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs

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Donations? No thanks!

Edition 3

Cleaning up politics

Clean up the public's trust in politics for the price of a bag of crips per person.

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A bunch of 🐂 💩ers. AKA some Reform MPs

Edition 2

Reform needs reform

Labour need to speed up reform or risk losing voters to Reform. Frustration, inequality and slow change are driving support of Farage and co.

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Dale Vince

Edition 1

Truth About Power

What If...

I told you everyone in Britain can have an extra £350 in their pockets... and your energy bills can be nearly halved... and our economy boosted by £30bn... and inflation and interest rates will both fall.

How can this be done, you ask... I'll show you inside.

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