Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live

Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures announced this morning before tomorrow’s budgetNigel Farage has rejected research showing that most of Reform UK’s donations have come from people or firms recently based overseas.In a report for the Independent, Millie Cooke says:An astonishing 80% of donations to Reform UK in the past 12 months have come from donors or companies recently based overseas, The Independent can reveal.An analysis of data from the Electoral Commission shows the amount received from donors who were based abroad in the past two years by Nigel Farage’s party dwarfs that of other parties amid growing concern about overseas influence in British politics.Whoever’s done this research doesn’t understand where people domicile, how they operate, where they live, and where they vote …I can assure you, these people vote here, live here, some of them are international businessmen who travelled the world constantly. In the old days, we used to be proud of British pioneers that went out there and made a great success of their lives.Garlic (8% + £100 per 100 kg)Gherkins (12%) Continue reading...