https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/ Recent content in Politics on Damien Dye's Blog Hugo en-GB Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/who-is-reform-actually-for/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/who-is-reform-actually-for/ Reform UK on its own record: rescinding settled status from people who pay tax here, a benefit plan that spares pensions, a party run as a company, money from abroad and failing firms, crypto fees, GB News and the airtime, who pays for the trips to Trump, Israel and Abu Dhabi, Farage, Tice and Jenrick, and how often a smear turned out to be true. https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/breathing-space-on-a-state-pension/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/breathing-space-on-a-state-pension/ The 2026 Budget costed for a pensioner couple on the full new State Pension, heating with gas and driving a petrol car: the £100 payment, the gas standing charge reform that costs them, Pension Credit they cannot claim, a tax protection that ends before the freeze does, and the Triple Lock adjustment from 2030. https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/breathing-space-for-whom/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://blogs.damiendye.uk/en/politics/breathing-space-for-whom/ The 2026 Budget costed for a 40% taxpayer with an EV, solar, a battery and little gas: the £100 payment, the gas standing charge, the hydrogen levy moved onto tax, eVED, who gets the money instead, from 10,000 manufacturers and founders to arms suppliers paid from Warm Homes cuts, and eBay sellers checked.