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His decision to vote down reforms this week looked weak then, it looks horrendous now – we need a full U-turn from the Labour Party and a review into Westminster donations.

This latest scandal again exposes the broader reality of a murky culture in Westminster that falls far short of the transparency that is required of a functioning democracy.

The latest in a long line of scandals must finally finish Farage - he must resign and we can hopefully put an end to a political career that has caused so much division and damage.

I am fed up with idiots coming to Dover to cause disruption. I bet if you asked any one of those ‘protesters’ they wouldn’t know small boat crossing are down by 40% and we are working hard to fix the mess.

My plea to Reform members, MPs and their leadership is a genuine one: please don’t turn climate change into another culture war.

I know that some of the decisions I must take – and will take – will show the benefits in years to come.

We must cut the cost of welfare, we have to get more people back into work.

The country’s under pressure. People are under pressure with the cost of living. Households are feeling that.

What’s happening in the Middle East is hitting inflation, it’s hitting growth, it’s hitting borrowing costs.

Let me tell you this, Mr Milei down in Argentina would not for one minute think about taking our British sovereign territory in the Falkland Islands if Nigel Farage was our prime minister.

In the first 100 days of a Reform government, in our first Reform budget, we will raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570, not just with inflation, not just to £13,000, not just to £14,000, but to £15,000.

I would be happy to meet with MPs in the area to discuss the issue and wider funding concerns.

That is not how this works.

No ifs, no buts, I'll be gone.

That betrayal costs a full-time worker on the minimum wage more than £750 a year. And now for the first time, the freeze means they're going to be taxing the state pension. What a disgrace.

1.3 million were dragged into paying tax last year alone. Why? Because the tax-free allowance has been stuck at 12 and a half grand since 2021. And Labour has frozen it until 2031.

As chancellor, I will wake each morning with one purpose. To make Britain a better place to be a worker than it was the day before.

“Such attacks are unacceptable and will not deter me.”