Hol lot worse
THE Welfare Party is so desperate for cash that it just can’t stop fleecing families — even on holiday.
Andy Burnham claims he wants to give “breathing space” to households.
Well, now they face paying hundreds of pounds in tourist taxes after the PM handed mayors powers to charge an UNLIMITED “overnight visitor levy”.
Meanwhile, hotel and hospitality bosses warn that driving up the cost of a staycation will mean families are forced to cancel or shorten breaks, triggering a jobs bloodbath for the industry.
If anyone doubts that, look at the hundreds of jobs lost at bookmakers in the last month alone since Labour hit the sector with punishing tax hikes.
Already, more than 100,000 workers have been axed in hospitality since Labour came to power because of rises in National Insurance and other taxes.
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A key route for the young to get into work has been blocked off — while the number of Neets nears ONE MILLION.
The holiday tax is dressed up as being part of Mr Burnham’s grand plan to devolve more power to town halls.
In reality, it’s just one enormous opportunity for councils to soak voters.
Local politicians who have run up giant debts of hundreds of millions of pounds are going to jump at the chance to milk this cash cow for all it is worth.
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Mr Burnham’s grandest claim is to be the man who understands working-class voters and will make their lives easier.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Mind the cap
WORKERS are sick of seeing their hard-earned cash grabbed by the taxman to fund Benefits Street.
Widespread discontent over welfare means nearly two thirds of Brits now back Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to re-introduce the two-child benefit cap.
Even a majority of LABOUR voters say they would bring it back and stop handouts for large families with three or more kids.
Only those deluded souls planning to vote Green are now in favour.
That confirms what has been clear for some time.
Fantasist left-wing Labour MPs are totally out of step with public opinion.
Mass delusion
HOW many direct threats to British security must there be before Labour wakes up on defence?
Yesterday it emerged a joint British and Norwegian operation stopped Russian subs from using a new weapon to damage vital underwater sea cables.
Now the former head of MI6 warns China has built “weapons of mass disruption” capable of bringing Britain to a “complete standstill”.
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The dangers are real and are only going to get worse.
Brits cannot afford a Government which wilfully fails to protect them.