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Now, Nigel Farage turns to his tax policy.

He says there is a "political narrative that has got stronger and stronger" over the years - whether it is fair to tax the rich more.

"Is it fair that people earn these vast sums of money? Surely we should tax them more," he says.

"And you might have thought traditionally this would be a policy that would come from the Labour Party, but not a bit of it, not a bit of it. In 14 years in power under the Conservatives, we saw taxes go up, we saw thresholds frozen. 

"We saw significant changes to non-dom tax rules. Indeed, there were something like 150,000 people with non-dom tax status ten years ago. 

"That number today probably, we don't know officially yet, but probably nearer now to 60,000 than 70,000. And falling very, very quickly."

Farage explains that since 2008, "the rich have got richer, and those at the lower end of the scale are simply no better off".

He adds: "It all goes back to the bailouts. It all goes back to the failures of the banking system in 2008, when effectively it was the little man and woman bailed out the big banks."

Turning to his plan, Farage warns that "many talented people are leaving" the UK - and "we want, as a party, as many entrepreneurs, as many risk takers, as many job creators, as many people paying lots of tax, and as many people to invest in huge sums of money".

"That is why today we're coming up with this idea of the Britannia Card."

Under this plan, wealthy foreigners and returning British citizens would be granted a 10-year residence permit and tax benefits in exchange for a one-time fee of 拢250,000.

Nigel Farage has said he is "pleased that the Americans have intervened" in the Middle East as he kicked off a speech on his new tax policy.

Addressing the US decision to strike three military sites in Iran, Farage says: "Generally, I'm against military interventions, I was vehemently opposed to what happened in Libya.

But, he says, "in this case, this Iranian regime is brutal, evil and has been there for four decades."

Farage adds that he believes the American reports are correct and "Iran no longer has nuclear capability, and we'll see what comes after that".

He then takes aim at Sir Keir Starmer, saying the prime minister was the "only person in the country who didn't seem to know that the Americans were about to do something".

He says Starmer appears to be "totally dumbfounded by the whole thing".

Farage adds the prime minister "says there should be de-escalation, whilst in the next sentence saying Iran should not have nuclear capability". 

"We look forward to the prime minister explaining to the House of Commons this afternoon exactly what the British position is."

Later, Farage says that he believes the UK should help the US if we are asked to.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is delivering a speech at the moment, in which he will announce a radical tax policy.

This will offer non-doms the chance to pay a 拢250,000 fee to shield them from tax, with the proceeds going directly to the lowest paid.

We'll bring you all the key updates throughout - stay tuned.

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Starmer and ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y are planning to convene a meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing" in the coming weeks, Number 10 said recently.

The UK has pushed its allies to tighten the oil price cap on Russia, as the war in Ukraine continues.

The Conservative Party support action taken by the US in Iran over the weekend, the shadow defence minister has said.

James Cartlidge told Sky News the party takes the view that "in principal - because of the nature of the threat of Iran" having nuclear weapons - "if the US and Israel felt on the basis intelligence that they needed to launch decisive action, we would support it".

He said he "stands by that".

"We all know the potential of these weapons that were dropped and built in many ways for this sort of situation," the Tory frontbencher said.

"So they will have had significant impact. But yes, too early to say definitively exactly what impact it had on Iran's ability to enrich."

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has stressed again that tensions in the Middle East can "only be sorted out diplomatically".

Speaking to the BBC after the US hit nuclear sites in Israel over the weekend, Lammy insisted that the decision to do so was "a judgement only [Donald Trump] could make".

But was the UK caught off guard by this?

Lammy said: "It was made very clear to us that President Trump was considering all options, and all options were on the table."

However, pressed on what happens next, the minister said: "It is still the case that this can only be sorted out diplomatically, and Iran must now take that off-ramp."

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Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump about the need for Iran to return to the negotiating table after Tehran's warning of "everlasting consequences" for the US bombing raid on their nuclear sites.

On this episode, Sam and Anne discuss the key questions facing the UK government after the military action, including what escalation could look like and whether Britain is ready for the economic blowback.

Plus, they also discuss the government's new industrial strategy, with eight industries singled out for support and a promise to help lower energy prices from 2027 for certain companies, though not for others. 

Sam and Anne discuss how it will be paid for.

Saeed Farouk, a member of the Palestine Action campaign group, is now joining Wilfred Frost on Sky News Breakfast.

He is asked about the group's decision to target RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last week, and damage a number of military planes.

Sky News understands that the home secretary will take steps to proscribe the Palestine Action Group on Monday.

Farouk said this action would be "completely irrational" and "without precedent".

"It's a knee jerk reaction from the government, and it seems like they're trying to rush through this legislation, based on the fact that Palestine Action was able to humiliate them and show serious flaws in the defences of the RAF base itself," he said.

Asked if he regrets the decision to target the Oxfordshire base, Farouk said: "Not at all."

"We're in the middle of one of the most widely documented genocides. Not only in my lifetime, but in history. 

"The British people have made it absolutely clear that they won't accept the government's role in the genocide, the government's role in supporting Israel, and the only way that the British people have found to stop it is to be directly involved in breaking the material chain. 

"This is what was necessary."

Lastly, Luke Pollard was asked if he is confident that British bases in the Middle East are better protected than RAF Brize Norton, which was targeted by pro-Palestinian activists last week.

The campaign group Palestine Action said two of its activists entered the Oxfordshire base and used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines of two Airbus Voyagers.

It is understood that further damage was caused with crowbars.

Asked about this, Pollard said he "what we saw at RAF Brize Norton is simply unacceptable." 

He added: "We've initiated a full review of our security, not just at that RAF base, but all military installations to ensure that this cannot happen again. 

"And we're working with counter-terrorism police and local authorities to bring to justice those people that, not only criminally trespassed on that military base, but also, undertook criminal damage. 

"That's not only a really stupid thing to do, but it's also a threat to our national security. 

"And that's why we're taking the serious steps that we are to make sure that this can't happen again."

Sky News understands that the home secretary will take steps to proscribe the Palestine Action Group on Monday.

The government hopes to organise flights for Britons who want to leave Israel, the armed forces minister has said.

Luke Pollard told Sky News that this is "the intention".

He said: "The Foreign Office advice is against all travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. 

"But we know that those large numbers of British nationals who are either living there or who were stranded there after the airspace was closed when the missiles started to be fired. 

"It's for that reason that we've been working, across the government, to provide not only support for the land routes out of Israel that are still currently available, but where it's not possible for individuals to access those routes."

Pollard said that the Foreign Office hopes to schedule flights from Tel Aviv airports.

"To do that, we need British nationals to register their presence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to be kept updated as to when the airspace reopens sufficiently to allow those charter aircraft to take people out of harm's way."