Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to call for foreign nationals to “bear the brunt” of Rachel Reeves’s £25billion “black hole”.

Mr Farage is expected to unveil plains to prohibit EU citizens from claiming benefits in Britain, slashing foreign aid spending by 70 per cent and doubling NHS surcharge costs.

Europeans will be handed a three-month notice period before their payments end entirely – and if Brussels refuses, a trade war could follow.

Reform’s head of policy Zia Yusuf is set to announce proposals to cut Government spending by £25billion – which the party says will eradicate the need to raise any taxes.

Mr Yusuf said: “Labour has a choice. They can either go ahead and raise taxes on British citizens or they can enact our proposals which put British people first and ask foreign nationals to bear the brunt of the black hole, not British citizens.

“Most British people would consider it outrageous to expect British people to pay higher taxes or see their services cut whilst their money is being spent this way.”

All foreigners would see their yearly NHS surcharge hiked from £1,035 to £2,718, raising £5billion each year.

Mr Farage will argue that figure is fair because it represents the NHS’s cost per person in England – while Mr Yusuf will brand it a “great value” deal.

“Why should a foreign national get a 65 per cent discounts? It’s great value, somebody can pay more and get vastly more out of the NHS,” the party’s policy chief will say.

And turning his crosshairs overseas, Mr Yusuf is expected to reveal plans to take a chainsaw to foreign aid – taking it down from this year’s £13.6billion to £1billion.

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Keir Starmer: ‘I WILL lead Labour into next General Election’

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed he will lead Labour into the next General Election – despite last week’s alleged leadership challenges and his plummeting personal approval ratings.

The embattled Prime Minister told The Mirror on Monday that “every minute that’s not spent talking about and dealing with the cost of living is a minute wasted of the political work of this Government”.

He added: “That’s my response to last week. I remain utterly focused on what matters to me most, which is bearing down on the cost of living and making people feel better off.

“I’m very conscious of the fact that people want to get on in life, they want to progress, they want more money in their pocket to do the things that matter to them.”

RECAP: Shabana Mahmood refuses to say whether her asylum overhaul will slash number of illegal migrants making way into Britain

Shabana Mahmood refused to say that her new asylum crackdown would cause a drop in numbers of illegal migrants entering Britain as she faced a grilling from GB News’ Political Editor Christopher Hope.

Pressed repeatedly on whether her sweeping asylum reforms would cut small boat crossings, the Home Secretary declined to make any firm commitment, but insisted she “wants to see them fall”.

Ms Mahmood said: “I want to implement these reforms as quickly as possible… judge me on delivery. I want to get those boat crossings down, but I’m not going to set arbitrary targets.”

Chopper told her GB News viewers will be “frustrated” by her refusal to say the numbers will drop, saying she could only “hope they will”.

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