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LOVE Island viewers have called for subtitles to be added to the show as they struggle to understand one of the islanders.

Ben – a private hire taxi driver and model from Gloucester – has raised eyebrows for mumbling his way through various conversations.

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One person moaned: “I need subtitles to understand Ben he’s so mumbly.”

A second said: “Can we have subtitles for Ben while he decides on what accent he will be using.”

While a third added that it wasn’t just Ben they couldn’t hear, writing: “Why do so many men mumble nowadays? You’re not emasculating yourself by opening your mouth more when you speak.”

Another said: “Lived in England my whole life and I don’t understand some of these accents.  Where’s the subtitles.”

In tense scenes on tonight’s Ben calls it quits with Toni after admitting she gave him the ‘ick’ after her reaction to Sophie Lee being sent home.

It quickly turns sour and he tells her: “I don’t feel like me and you have got that spark if I am being honest.”

Looking taken aback she replies ‘okay’ as he continues: “That is just me being honest but I know when I have got it with someone. That I feel it straight away. But yeah I don’t feel like you and me have got it.”

Toni tells him: “I mean I don’t think that technique is going to work for you here.”

He asks what she means and she replies: “Right away off the bat.”

Smirking, he responds: “You’d be surprised. I feel like sparks have already been made.”

A very unhappy Toni hits back:  “Good luck pal.”

LOVE Island fans have begged bosses to axe Ben Holbrough after his cruel comment to Toni Laites on tonight’s show.

ITV2 viewers were left open-mouthed when Ben told some of his fellow Islanders that US Toni had given him the “ick”.

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It came after he snapped at her when she told him to “not make it all about himself”.

He then told Shakira in the kitchen that Toni had given him the “ick” and that there was no spark between them.

After Shakira told Toni what Ben had said, the Connecticut based beauty pulled Ben aside for a chat, where he brutally ended their romantic connection.

But those watching at home were gobsmacked at his brutal approach and have begged for him to be axed next.

One wrote: “Ben is a loser, get him off Love Island.”

A second posted: “Ben is unnecessarily cruel, it’s giving negging & all the red flags.”

A third said: “I feel so bad for Toni, Ben is VILE.”

“I wish I could vote Ben off right now,” a fourth commented.

The fallout came after Ben admitted she gave him the ‘ick’ after her reaction to Sophie Lee being sent home.

As the Islanders are still reeling about Shakira Khan choosing Harry Cooksley, Toni said: “Boys, it’s your turn, just saying – I don’t think you’re gonna be safe.”

Ben replied: “Are you saying me in particular?”

Toni added: “No it’s about boys, not everything is about you.”

Her comments didn’t go down well with Ben and he walked off – leaving the others surprised by his reaction. 

Meg later told him: “That was a bit much…I don’t get what she said that was really offensive?”

Ben replied: “She said, ‘Not everything is about you…’ I just got the ick.”

Ben then told Shakira he’d got the ick with Toni and Shakira lets Toni know about this and suggests she pulls him for a chat.

Toni does exactly that and asks Ben: “I’ve heard from people you said I’m giving you the ick?”

It quickly turned sour and he told her: “I don’t feel like me and you have got that spark if I am being honest.”

Looking taken aback she replied ‘okay’ as he continued: “That is just me being honest but I know when I have got it with someone. That I feel it straight away. But yeah I don’t feel like you and me have got it.”

Toni told him: “I mean I don’t think that technique is going to work for you here.”

He asked what she means and she replied: “Right away off the bat.”

Smirking, he responded: “You’d be surprised. I feel like sparks have already been made.”

A very unhappy Toni hits back:  “Good luck pal.”

Ben asked Shakira to join him in the Hideaway for a chat, where he admitted he fancied her.

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GOODBYE the Iron Chancellor, hello the Klarna Chancellor.

Rachel Reeves’ spending splurge yesterday may have some eye-catching purchases. But it’s buy now, pay later as Labour racked up the debt even further.

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It’s buy now, pay later as The Klarna Chancellor racked up the debt even further[/caption]

You could hear Nigel Farage breathing down the neck of her Spending Review that saw the Treasury shovel billions out of the door on the never never.

Clearly designed to see cranes in the sky and spades in the (electoral battle) ground, Reeves stuck another £113billion on the borrowing tab to try to see off the threat of Reform in the next crucial three years ahead of the election.

There was £39billion for affordable homes and another £14billion for the first nuclear power station to be built in a generation.

The £7billion prison-building project should be welcomed, as long as the judges actually fill them with violent thugs rather than online mums publishing stupid tweets.

Bribe and cajole

But voters will be wary of the £16billion in transport upgrades outside of the South East — what you might call levelling up — having heard these promises before, only to see them paused, scrapped and delayed again and again.

And let’s hope none of the above projects over-run on their budget — like pretty much every other major government infrastructure initiative has in the past 40 years.

I couldn’t help thinking Reeves’ speech yesterday was the most she had ever sounded like Gordon Brown, torturing a dreary mantra that these were “Labour choices” as she sought to bribe and cajole voters with baubles while the debt clock racked up and up.

But we all know what happened to Brown when the music stopped . . . 

While the bond markets were steady last night after Donald Trump struck a trade deal with China, these things can go south very quickly, so it’s far from clear if this spending gamble will pay off for Reeves.

As former Cabinet Secretary Simon Case told The Sun this week: “The nation’s credit card is maxed out.”

He warned: “Just like when you’re at home and you’ve got your credit card or your mortgage, you have to pay for that debt.

“So the debt interest that we’re paying on the nation’s credit card, if you actually put it out like it was a government department, it would be one of the biggest government departments by spending.

“It’s taking up huge amounts of our money.”

The Institute for Fiscal Studies put the extra borrowing Reeves has undertaken since taking over at No11 at £140billion, with more than £105billion of taxpayers’ cash alone this year going on interest payments.

To tackle this, Case directly urged Reeves this week to “put the squeeze” on public spending or face a debt crisis and a lack of confidence in the UK’s financial system with horrific effects.

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So were there any cuts, or restraint of any real note yesterday?

Of course there was the obligatory three per cent rise in NHS spending over the next three years as more pound notes poured into that seemingly indeterminable black hole.

While NHS chiefs were crowing yesterday that they had “done well” out of the settlement, they were already pumping out mood music that it might not be enough.

Yet by 2029, the NHS annual budget will be just short of a quarter of a trillion pounds a year at £226billion.

When will it ever be enough?

And where are the promised reforms to the system that would rid us of this endless gimme, gimme, gimme cycle?

Also, £9billon in efficiency savings for the NHS were proposed yesterday, with scarce details on the how, but already experts are pouring cold water on even that small sum being hit.

Labour promised to get a grip on the NHS, and warned that more money would not be the answer.

Another election promise that has turned to dust.

As has Labour’s pledge to end the use of migrant hotels within 12 months of taking power.

That has now been downgraded to “by the end of this Parliament” — at a cost of nearly £5billion until then.

Smoke and mirrors

Even by 2029, the Government will still be spending more than £2billion a year accommodating visitors, just not in hotels.

So behind the smoke and mirrors of Reeves’ speech to MPs, that isn’t really a cut.

And the continued costs of the heaving asylum bill dwarfs any of the departmental savings unveiled yesterday.

Reeves was keen to stress no return to the days of austerity, and her tinkering on Whitehall budgets was about the only part of her speech yesterday that matched her rhetoric.

The £1.5billion to be shaved off total departmental spending in the next three years pales in comparison to her extra spending elsewhere.

Just over £14billion being spent this year, down to £12.6billion in three years’ time.

Hardly putting on the squeeze.

Meanwhile, the UK’s national debt stands at more than 100 per cent of GDP at 2.7trillion . . . 

Let’s hope the Chancellor doesn’t need a major rainy day fund anytime soon, or she really will be the new Gordon Brown.

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CRUZ Beckham has shared a throwback family snap amid the ongoing family feud between the Beckhams.

The youngest son of David and Victoria appeared to be looking back at happier times in the family as he shared an old snap of the three brothers with their mum after she had just given birth to daughter, Harper Seven.

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The snap, believed to be taken in 2011, showed the three boys beaming down the lens of the camera as they snuggled up to their mum.

Victoria tenderly held her daughter in the heartwarming picture.

Cruz’s decision to upload the image is very telling amid ongoing tension in the family after Brooklyn decided he no longer wanted contact with his famous family.

Cruz did not add any captions nor did he tag his family members in the snap.

Earlier today, it was revealed that Brooklyn is refusing to reply to messages amid the bitter feud, according to reports.

The 26-year-old, who lives in LA with wife Nicola Peltz, 30, has no desire to speak to his parents or siblings after only learning about his dad’s knighthood in the press, an insider has told Page Six.

The sourced said: “Brooklyn told his family he wants no contact and he’s not responding to those that try to connect.”

However, a source close to Brooklyn denied this and said, “this seems to be another deliberate attempt to misrepresent the truth, and it only serves to distract from this honor being bestowed on Brooklyn’s father.”

The Sun has contacted representatives for Brooklyn and the Beckhams for comment.

England legend David will be knighted as part of King Charles‘ birthday honours.

It’s a title he has coveted for some time and it means Victoria will be come Lady Beckham.

David was first put forward for a knighthood in 2011 after helping to secure the London 2012 Olympics.

But he was blocked from getting the title by the Honours Committee after becoming caught up in a tax avoidance scheme, along with many other stars.

His finances were cleared by the taxman at least four years ago – paving the way for him to finally get the coveted honour.

Just weeks ago we revealed how David and Victoria feel there might be no way to reconcile with their eldest child.

Brooklyn, who was a no-show at David’s star-studded 50th birthday celebrations last month, shared a video of himself and Nicola riding on his motorbike and wrote: “My whole world. I will love you forever. I always choose you baby.”

Those close to the Beckhams said the message seemed “very pointed”.

A source added: “It shows how much this situation with his family has escalated.

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“It’s very sad for everyone involved, especially David and Victoria who love him very much. This isn’t the Brooklyn his family knows and loves.

“This post was like a dagger to their hearts but they will always be there for Brooklyn.”

Tensions became public when Brooklyn did not publicly acknowledge fashion designer Victoria, 51, on Mother’s Day. He then failed to show at any of David’s 50th birthday parties.

His mum and dad have continued to acknowledge him on social media, but pals of Brooklyn and Nicola suggested that was for show.

The Sun revealed that the couple recently had dinner in California with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who were “very empathetic”.

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