NEWS
Five years of tax rises and spending cuts necessary to pay for Government’s lockdown
The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast that between £21billion and £46billion will need to be raised by 2025 to pay for the Government’s lockdown. Yesterday, the Chancellor admitted that borrowing is expected to hit £394billion this year as the economy shrinks by 11.3 per cent, the worst recession in more than 300 years — Mail
Nicola Sturgeon breaks ‘four nation’ Christmas coronavirus plan and lays out stricter rules for Scotland — Express
Professor Carl Heneghan says ‘it will be hard to justify tougher tiered restrictions’ when national lockdown ends as Covid cases are plummeting — Mail
Older viewers turning away from BBC — Times
President Donald Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn — National Review
COMMENT
Britain is facing ruin, but deluded Tories are still refusing to accept it — Allister Heath, Telegraph
£16,000 for every household… how will we pay it back? — Alex Brummer, Mail
It’s liberal hysteria to think cutting foreign aid will turn Britain into an international pariah — Douglas Murray, Telegraph
