Farage condemns UK’s ‘authoritarian censorship regime’ ahead of giving evidence at US congress – UK politics live | Politics
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The autumn budget will take place on 26 November, Treasury announced
Richard Partington
Richard Partington is the Guardian’s senior economic reporter.
The Treasury announced that Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget would take place on November 26, and speculation was made on tax increases.
When the government is under pressure on the economy, the chancellor before Measures designed to restart growth It would form the basis of the highly anticipated tax and expenditure plans.
End of November Budget History will give Reeves time Prepare the ground for potential tax changesAt the end of September, the Labor Party went to Liverpool on the way to a high -betting party conference season to increase the possibility of the conference season.
It is understood that Reeves have Discovering several income upgrade measures In the summer, increasing borrowing costs, a stagnant growth appearance, higher inflation and welfare U-transformation may reveal a deficiency of £ 40 billion in government financing.
However, Chancellor and the Prime Minister committed to remain adhering to Labour’s manifesto, promised not to increase taxes on “working people, including income tax, national insurance and VAT.
Reeves came under pressure by leftist Labor Party MPs and campaigns To think about bringing a reserve tax. While the Chancellor special ignores such a step, he investigates options to collect more money than richer taxpayers, including inheritance and property taxes, as well as changes in capital income tax.
Announcing the history of the budget, the Treasury said that Reeves was assigned. Budget Responsibility Office Preparing estimates for economy and public finances. The chancellor should make a 10 -week notification to the independent observer.
He hopes that the news from the UK economy in the Treasury can recover before the budget day and that the chancellor can help to hit a more optimistic ton after a difficult first year.
Reeves can benefit from updated International Monetary Fund Estimates at the annual meeting of Washington in mid -October.
Nigel Farage Witness on Online Security Law at the US House of Representatives
Good morning. Since July, the first PMQs have been and the government is preparing to announce the date of the budget today (Wednesday, November 26, HUFFPOST UK is right) You expect Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch to be stuck in a discussion about economy and taxation.
However, as a result of the combination of two relevant problems, Westminster may be a free speech day.
First, Nigel FarageReform British leader gives evidence to the Assembly Judicial Committee in Washington On the “American speech and innovation of Europe”. The Committee wants to talk about the online security law that opposes American technology companies, which are afraid of being faced with excessive fines and even imprisonment because they do not comply with UK content arrangements, which are unnecessarily strictly considered in the USA.
Secondly, the arrest of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan yesterday, five police officers in Heathrow, the anti-Trana tasks on social media, the laws of hate speech laws in the UK and the police have been implemented very meticulously about whether they were implemented.
Linehan was arrested on suspicion of provoking violence – which has nothing to do with the online safety – but two issues have to be connected to the Farage.
According to a report Harry Cole In the sunThe prior to the today’s hearing, the evidence of the Assembly Judiciary Committee before the Farage, argued that Britain is now subject to the “liberal and authoritarian censorship regime .. Farag in question:
On the problem of civil freedoms, England unfortunately has lost its way now.
I will do my part as participating in the British democracy in order to help our country return to the traditional freedoms that have connected two countries to friendship for a long time. Meanwhile, the congress must draw bright lines: the British Free Speech rules that apply to the British are made in the UK and the American speech rules that apply to Americans are made in the United States.
Somewhere on our planet should be free to build new generation platforms without hamstung by innovators, foreign and authoritarian censorship regimes, alien to both American and traditional British values. Right now, that place is America. What is in the UK will do our best to make Britain like this.
Cole said Farage should use “diplomacy and trade” (ie the threat of sanctions) to resist the US laws of British and EU, which threatens US technology companies. This can open Farage to the accusation of acting against national interests, but it is not yet clear how much it will force it at the hearing.
Obviously, if the Assembly’s judicial committee is really concerned about the threats to the “American speech ,, you can better investigate a White House administration that criticizes Israel, insists on controlling social media publications before entering social media publications. However, the Committee, which is led by the Republic, does not seem very uncomfortable.
And if the reform was serious about free speech, it would be nice to ask questions about the Nottinghamshire District Council, led by reform, who refused to speak with Nottingham Post because of Farage’s critical media scope. This is not likely to be on the agenda in Washington. However, he can talk about PMQs.
Here is the agenda of the day.
10.30: Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood gives the Lords evidence to the Constitutional Committee on the rule of law.
Afternoon: Keir Starmer is faced with Kemi Badenoch in PMQS.
Afternoon: John Swinney, the first minister of Scotland, makes a statement about Gaza to the MSPs in Holyrood.
In the afternoon: Stamer held a meeting with Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish counterpart in the Downing Street.
15:00: Reform British leader Nigel Farage evidence to the Council of Representatives about the freedom of expression in the United Kingdom to the Judicial Committee in Washington.
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