Farage promises to spend £34bn to give every low-paid worker £25

Reform UK has launched it's new Britannia card which will cost the hard pressed taxpayer a mere £34bn a year  but ensure that 10% of the lowest paid workers will receive an extra £25 per year.

The scheme, which a foreign billionaire can join with a simple one-off lifetime payment of £250,000 will mean that they no longer have to worry about paying tax in the UK.  However the natives will have to make up the tax take gap - calculated at being about £34bn or about £9,000 per tax payer.

"It's a great deal for foreign billionaires, they get to save millions, a great deal for British low-earners who get £25!" exclaimed Farage from his box at Ascot. "That's 10 Euromillions lottery tickets.  Wait, not the Euro one. Don't buy that one."

When pressed as who he thought would be the perfect candidate for the ticket, The Member of Parliament for Florida indicated one particular category of non-domiciled oligarch.

"Well, I think if you are just about to enter you 80s, probably changing jobs and may well soon be seeking asylum," he said.  "I think being able relax on your golf course and spend all the extra money on all fake tan you need will be very appealing. Do people pay VAT on fake tan?  Or is that a business expense?"