🚨 LIVE TONIGHT AT 7PM 🚨 The Budget 2026 is here — but what does it really mean for you? Join The Crossbench tonight as we break down the biggest announcements, political fallout and what comes next. 📅 Wednesday 28 October ⏰ 7PM (UK) 🔴 Don't miss it! #Budget2026 #TheCrossbench #UKPolitics

🚨 Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, has been found guilty of harassing two Daily Mail journalists. He was previously found guilty of stalking and harassment in 2021, including showing up at a The Independent journalist's home and threatening to accuse her partner of being a paedophile if she didn't drop an investigative news story.

🇮🇱 Israel's latest election polling paints a deeply divided Knesset. 🔴 Netanyahu bloc: 53 seats 🔵 Anti-Netanyahu bloc: 48 seats 🟡 Arab parties: 19 seats Neither major bloc reaches the 61-seat majority needed to govern, leaving coalition arithmetic as complicated as ever.

🚨LibDem Leader Sir Ed Davey's full response to the budget. 👇

🚨 WATCH: LOTO Kemi Badenoch's response to the 2026 Budget in full #budget #Budget2026

🚨 Kemi Badenoch: "The Prime Minister came in promising to reverse 40 years of neoliberalism. Instead, we got 4p off gherkins" #Budget2026

🚨 Graham Stuart rightly points out that the response to the Budget from a Select Committee Chair should be a non-partisan critique, not a political speech. Meg Hillier’s contribution raises serious questions about the independence and scrutiny expected of committee chairs. #Budget2026

🚨 WATCH: Chancellor Healey "accidentally" says the Energy Secretary "opposed" the Jackdaw gas field. #Budget2026

🚨 Badenoch accuses Labour of being “addicted to spending other people’s money” and “addicted to welfare”. She argues benefits are rising with inflation while private sector wages lag behind, declaring: “That is not fair.” She adds: “Just because it’s called Universal Credit” doesn’t mean everyone in the universe should claim it. #budget2026

🚨 Badenoch criticises the Chancellor for failing to set out how the UK will reach 3% of GDP on defence by 2030, calling it “a plan to have a plan”. She says funding defence is difficult, “but it can be done”, claiming the Conservatives have “found the savings” without relying on more borrowing. #Budget2026

🚨 Badenoch slams Labour’s Budget as “more borrowing, more tax rises and - surprise surprise - more money on benefits”. She warns the UK is neglecting defence, declaring: “You can't have social security without national security.” “This Budget is simply trying to get through the day.” #budget2026

🚨 Badenoch welcomes parts of the Budget, including the Chancellor’s “U-turn on ISAs” and “breaking Labour’s pledge on the minimum wage for young people”. She also welcomes avoiding a CGT rise but questions why the fuel duty freeze will end in July, saying: “They can do better than that.” #Budget2026

Badenoch warns that under Labour, the UK’s tax burden will be “the highest in our country’s history” next year, while the benefits bill rises by tens of billions. She accuses the government of putting “welfare first”, leaving Britain “overspent, overborrowed and overtaxed” and “drowning in an out-of-control welfare system”. #Budget2026

🚨 BREAKING: The Chancellor has announced the new minimum wages from April 2027 Over 21s - £12.71 to £13.21 (+3.9%) 18 to 20 - £10.85 to £11.27 (+3.9%) Under 18s and apprentices - £8 to £8.31 (+3.9%) #Budget2026