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Huffington Post // Technology

'Trussonomics On Steroids': Farage Compared To Failed Tory PM Over 'Unfunded' Reform Spending Spree

Tuesday 27th May 2025, 12:49PM


Nigel Farage looks on as Liz Truss poses for a selfie at the launch of Popular Conservatism last year.Nigel Farage has been accused of “Trussonomics on steroids” after he unveiled a raft of spending commitments without clearly setting out how he would pay for them.The Reform UK leader said his party would bring back winter fuel payments for every pensioner, scrap the two-child benefit cap and stop anyone earning less than £20,000 a year from paying tax.He said the pledges would be funded by scrapping all Net Zero commitments and cutting waste.Stuart Adam, a senior economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the tax pledge alone could cost up to £80 billion.“I do accept that these proposals, especially the one of lifting to £20,000 the level at which people start paying tax,” Farage said.“I accept that it’s expensive, but I genuinely believe that we can pay for it because we’re not ideologically tied to the same ideas upon which we believe the Conservative and Labour gov

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