Babelfish launches Peoplenomics: four people-first policies, modelled by NIESR and CEBR, that could add £36bn to UK GDP and cut inflation. Put people first.
26/09/2026Making sense of the nonsense
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For every £1 donated to UK parties, donor firms get £1,294 back in government contracts. The Autonomy Institute's plan ends private money and rebuilds public trust.
20/05/2026
France banned corporate donations in 1995. Canada caps individual donations at £930. Five democracies show the UK how to stop mega-donors buying influence.
20/05/2026
A handful of billionaires have pumped £170m into Britain's populist right. Labour can't beat Reform by copying them, only by telling voters the honest truth.
20/05/2026
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
Politics
End £30bn Bank Subsidies to Lift UK Personal Tax Allowance
Raising the personal allowance to £15,570 would leave low earners £600 a year better off. Dale Vince says ending £30bn in bank subsidies could pay for it.
26/09/2026
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
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
Housing
Public Land Could Deliver 215,000 UK Homes. Why the Wait?
Public brownfield land could take 215,000 UK homes, with 176,000 more on mixed sites – a quarter of Labour's housing target. So why is building still so slow?
26/09/2026There'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.
23/03/2026Labelling 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.
23/03/2026Babelfish Editions
Edition 4
Building for Britain
A massive housebuilding programme could kick-start an economic boom and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs
Edition 3
Cleaning up politics
Clean up the public's trust in politics for the price of a bag of crips per person.
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.