Read Farage’s letter to Express readers as he ‘stands ready to fix Britain’ | Politics | News
Reform UK is ready to fix Britain, Nigel Farage has told Express readers in an exclusive letter that includes the party leader’s promise to stand with working people. The intervention comes after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her “tax rise budget”.
Mr Farage, who has been the favorite to become Britain’s next Prime Minister according to opinion polls for months, said he was taking the prospect of entering Number 10 “seriously”, saying his party was “building a team that will turn our economy around”. He said any government he leaves would not be “full of career politicians” but would instead be made up of “people who have done things in the real world, who know how money is made and should be spent”.
He targeted other parties in the letter, saying “uninformed politicians have never run a business and have no idea how the real world works.” Mr Farage said he would not be surprised “if the financial crisis leads to a snap general election”.
Reform said the UK would be ready for such an eventuality, defending hard-working and tax-paying Britons and “keeping this country going”.
He lamented the state of the country, saying the economy was “in desperate straits” and said Express readers “can see for themselves that nothing works anymore”.
With growth slow and energy prices higher than most other countries, Mr Farage took aim at taxes being at post-war highs as well as the fact that the treasury is having to pay £100bn a year just to service its debts.
And he criticized Mr Farage’s uncontrolled levels of immigration, which he said were “depleting our country”.
In his solemn promise to this article’s readers, he said these dire statistics were “a 14-year record of the Conservative Government” and then asked: “Which side is Labor on?” he questioned.
He urged his readers to remember that for 18 months they were “coming for retirees, homeowners, savers, small businesses and anyone who wants a better life” and added that “although [Labour] “They promise today, they take it away tomorrow.”
Saying that Reform will “strive to ensure that business pays off”, Farage added that they will always support small and family-run businesses. He promised to “reduce the bloated welfare state” as well as raise the threshold for people to start paying income tax “as soon as possible”.
He also promised to lower energy bills by “scrapping crazy Net Zero targets”.
Mr Farage concluded his promise to our readers by saying his party will be ready in time for the next election with a plan to “once again make Britain the best place to start businesses, raise families and build futures”.
“I won’t let you down,” Mr Farage wrote.
The letter, which appears in full in the Daily Express, marks the first letter the Reform UK leader has sent to this newspaper’s readers since the last General Election.
Reform UK says it has spent £1 million on campaigns ahead of the Autumn Budget.
Highlighting the growing support the party has received from businesses, donors and the public, spending has been directed at double-page ad buys, major press conferences and targeted digital ads.
Reform UK has also spent significant sums on landmark press conferences, including the launch of Reform for Small Business at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London, which was attended by 300 small and medium-sized business owners and featured a keynote speech from Checkatrade founder Kevin Byrne.
This launch resulted in more than 3,000 small businesses giving further support to Reform’s campaign to cut red tape and regulation, and to British SMEs.
As part of the party’s pre-budget campaign, Deputy Leader Richard Tice delivered a keynote address to business leaders at Bloomberg and Policy Chairman Zia Yusuf addressed CBI members at their annual conference.
