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Sovereignty

Great British PAC: Blaming Brexit Is Not a Mandate to Surrender Our Borders

Forty-six per cent of Britons who say the economy is poor blame Brexit for it. Yet when the same polling asks them to choose between closer EU relations and total control over who comes into this country, a plurality chooses control. Great British PAC says the lesson for a Prime Minister preparing to court Brussels is simple: dissatisfaction with the economy is not consent to give away the border.

Vicky Richter · 23 October 2026

Great British PAC: NHS Cannot Lose Track of Patients and Ministers Cannot Refuse to Answer

NHS patient referrals have disappeared from digital worklists without automatic warnings to the clinicians responsible, a national safety investigation has found, with documented cases stretching back to 2018. The investigation has identified a serious risk to patients, while England's waiting list remains under pressure. Great British PAC is demanding answers about how this was allowed to happen and what safeguards will prevent patients being overlooked.

Vicky Richter · 22 October 2026

Opinion

Great British PAC Condemns Alleged Stolen Valour in ITV Undercover Investigation

A Royal Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq believed he was drinking with a fellow veteran. According to Reform UK, the man across the table was an undercover television reporter with a hidden camera. Great British PAC condemns the alleged deception as a disgraceful exploitation of a veteran's trust and is demanding that ITV explain who authorised it.

Vicky Richter · 22 October 2026

Policy

Great British PAC Demands Answers as Labour's Welfare Savings Slip Beyond the Next Election

Labour's welfare reforms promise support first and savings later, but the Government's reported planning assumes the upfront cost of its back-to-work programme will outrun benefit savings until around 2030, after the latest date on which the next election can be held. No year-by-year assessment of costs and savings has been published, and the Treasury's scoring is not expected until the Spending Review. Great British PAC is calling for that arithmetic to be laid before Parliament before MPs are asked to approve legislation that will reshape the benefits system for a generation.

Vicky Richter · 21 October 2026

Opinion

Great British PAC Questions Britain's Battlefield Readiness as Labour Cuts Army Capabilities

Britain's readiness is measured not by the equipment the Army buys but by whether its soldiers can deploy, fight and sustain operations under fire. As the Budget approaches, Great British PAC examines the cumulative effect of Labour's defence spending decisions on armoured capability, battlefield sustainability and the welfare of the people asked to do the fighting.

Vicky Richter · 21 October 2026

Opinion

Great British PAC Questions Labour's Energy Policy Following Jackdaw Gas Approval

Gas production at the Jackdaw field has been approved, 21 months after the Court of Session quashed the field's original consent and required a fresh environmental assessment. The government says the field will lift domestic gas production by around 6 per cent at peak, enough to heat the equivalent of 1.4 million homes. The Energy Secretary concedes it will not cut bills this winter, because the gas is sold into an international market. Great British PAC says the decision is welcome but overdue, and that British households and North Sea workers need a credible domestic energy strategy rather than another cycle of delay.

Vicky Richter · 21 October 2026

Sovereignty

Great British PAC warns of 'Project Fear 2.0' as Burnham prepares Treasury case for rejoining the EU

The Financial Times reports that Downing Street is expected to ask the Treasury to model the economic effects of closer EU ties, ahead of the EU-UK summit in Brussels on 20 November. A decade after George Osborne's doomsday forecasts backfired on the Remain campaign, Great British PAC is warning against Project Fear 2.0 and calling for transparent, balanced economic evidence that informs democratic debate rather than serving it.

Vicky Richter · 21 October 2026

Great British PAC condemns ‘Palestine poppy’ controversy as veterans warn over Remembrance symbol

More than 1,200 of the pins have reportedly been bought, at £1.74 to £1.78 each. None of that money supports British veterans: the campaign states that the price covers production costs and a small donation to Palestinian charities and campaigning organisations, among them Friends of al-Aqsa. Great British PAC says the symbolism of Remembrance must not be used in ways that confuse the public about whom their donations support.

Vicky Richter · 20 October 2026

Sovereignty

Great British PAC warns Burnham's EU reset could add £300m to Britain's fresh produce costs

Downing Street says the UK-EU reset will bring food prices down. The body that speaks for Britain's fresh produce trade estimates it will add more than £300 million a year to fruit and vegetables imported from outside the EU. Great British PAC is asking the Government to publish the figures and explain how a deal sold on lower costs does not simply move them onto British families.

Vicky Richter · 20 October 2026

Opinion

Great British PAC warns Labour's £2bn Boxer cuts could leave British Army vehicles stranded

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that three planned Boxer variants, including the vehicle designed to recover damaged Boxers from the battlefield, are no longer being pursued, after the Government's projects watchdog recorded a reported £1.86bn reduction to the programme. With only 130 of 623 vehicles delivered so far, a former Army officer has warned that damaged vehicles risk being left "stranded in full view of the enemy". Great British PAC is demanding answers before Wednesday's Budget.

Vicky Richter · 20 October 2026

Policy

Healey's family firm tax: the Budget plan that makes selling up cheaper than passing it on

An HMRC consultation closed in mid-September. Six weeks later the Chancellor is searching for ways to fill a £35bn gap. The mechanism under examination would turn a capital gain into income, potentially doubling the tax on a £1m business passed to the next generation. Family firms have already absorbed one inheritance tax raid. They are now being asked to absorb another, and to do so before the drafting has been published.

Vicky Richter · 19 October 2026

Opinion

SAS "witch hunt" arrests put national security at risk, warns regimental association as Troubles Bill returns to Commons

Five elite soldiers arrested on suspicion of murder after a secret mission against Islamic State were back in combat within 48 hours and remained under investigation for three years before the inquiry ended without charges. Now the regiment's own association says the pursuit of soldiers in this way is draining the SAS of experienced men and threatening Britain's security, as ministers bring their Troubles Bill back to the Commons

Vicky Richter · 19 October 2026

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