Here’s looking at Pugh! From Budgets to the Beckhams, how our cartoonist laughed through 2025
From Rachel Reeves‘tax evasion’ budget The year 2025 has been quite eventful due to family separations between one of Britain’s most famous offspring.
Last year the country enjoyed the high of watching the Lionesses make English football history after claiming back-to-back victories european championship.
However, low levels have also been seen in the last 12 months. workforce It is presiding over the biggest employment decline since Covid, as the economic outlook continues to look grim.
Meanwhile, the Government’s bombshell budget in November painted a bleak picture of growth; figures british become poor.
Reeves had previously suggested that employees would avoid punishment, but later announced a plan to address this. You will see another significant tax rise of £26bn.
Elsewhere in the celebrity world, the Beckhams are in the middle of a family feud as relations between Brooklyn and the rest of the clan continue to unravel.
As the year 2025 comes to an end, our unique cartoonist has photographed the drama and laughter of the past year…
Left: The new year is greeted with a seasonal chuckle… Right: Donald Trump is back in office and hitting the ground running
Left: Labor presides over the biggest jobs slump since Covid. Right: Workers over 50 are often overlooked, survey finds
Left: Millions of homes face longer gaps between garbage collections. Right: Employers scramble to get staff back to work five days a week
Left: Trump’s tariff threat on UK goods looms large. Right: Economic outlook as grim as controversial TV series
Left: Record numbers of patients are unhappy with the NHS. Right: 75 percent of parents allow phones at the dinner table
Left: Brooklyn Beckham visits England but snubs his mother and father. Right: French police stand and watch migrants cross the English Channel
Left: Driverless taxis get the green light for use on Britain’s roads. Right: England’s Football Lionesses celebrate Euro victory
Left: Water bosses are in trouble (once again) because of pollution. Right: Speed limits reduced from 30 mph to 20 mph everywhere in Wales
Left: Housing Minister is called ‘Three Pad’ Rayner. Right: Concerns grow about our lawless city centres.
Left: Labor’s tax pledge looks hollow as businesses fear further increases. Right: Rachel Reeves introduces mansion tax into her budget
