Rachel Reeves - the worst Chancellor this country has ever had Monday, 1 December, 2025 Rachel Reeves will go down as the worst Chancellor this country has ever had. Her position is now untenable and she knows it. Last year, she launched the biggest tax raid in history then swore she wouldn’t be back for more. Today she’s broken that promise. Labour are hiking taxes again to pay for more welfare. And why? To keep their backbenchers quiet. The Government has lost what little... Articles
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Leeman calls for immediate answers for fishermen 20th March 2012 Northern Ireland Conservatives’ spokesperson and commercial fisherman, Paul Leeman, has called upon fisheries’ minister, Michelle O’Neill, and environment... Local News
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Adams has lost touch with political reality, Tory chairman 12th March 2012 Northern Ireland Conservatives’ chairman, Irwin Armstrong, described Gerry Adams as “completely out of touch with reality in Northern Ireland” after the Louth... Local News
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