Nigel Farage is gearing up for his first speech of the General Election campaign today in what is expected to be a major intervention on behalf of Reform UK.
The party’s honorary president is set to speak in Dover on the Channel crisis later today.
He said he will set out “all the solutions to this massive problem”.
Earlier this week, the former Ukip leader accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of calling the snap election because he knew his plan to send migrants to Rwanda “simply would not work”.
He challenged the PM to debate him on the issue of migration, adding that if he refuses it would prove he “can’t stop the boats”.
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Labour will drag millions of pensioners into paying income tax, Work and Pensions Secretary says
The Work and Pensions Secretary has claimed Labour will drag millions of pensioners into paying income tax.
Speaking about the Conservatives’ proposed tax break for pensioners, Mel Stride said: “We will not only up rate by the triple lock across the whole of the next Parliament, but we will also up rate something called the personal allowance, which is the amount you can earn without paying income tax by the triple lock as well.
“And that will mean millions of pensioners are getting a tax cut through time. Now Labour have dismissed that, they say they wouldn’t do it, which will drag millions pensioners into tax.”
He added that the “triple lock plus” will “stop millions of pensioners, as will be the case under Labour, getting dragged into income tax”.
Farage set for major speech in Dover today
Nigel Farage is gearing up for his first speech of the General Election campaign today in what is expected to be a major intervention on behalf of Reform UK
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Nigel Farage is gearing up for his first speech of the General Election campaign today in what is expected to be a major intervention on behalf of Reform UK.
The party’s honorary president is set to speak in Dover at 10am on the Channel crisis.
He said he will set out “all the solutions to this massive problem”.