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Reviving Britain will require our version of the chainsaw act

Reviving Britain will require our version of the chainsaw act

Reform in the style of Argentina’s Javier Milei is what is needed to set the UK on the right track — Nigel Farage’s ideas would return us to the 1970s

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That scraping sound you hear is Rachel Reeves moving the deckchairs around on the Titanic. On Wednesday the chancellor announced the reinstatement of winter fuel payments, which she had axed for most pensioners last year. She intends to claw back the money from better-off pensioners through higher tax bills and a higher means test for future payments. H…

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