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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Ted Newson: Burnham won’t bring back British industry with more carbon taxes

Despite now owning British Steel, the country still does not make enough steel. If things go ahead as planned, our specialist manufacturers face even higher costs when importing the raw materials that they turn into planes, trains, and other machinery. The post Ted Newson: Burnham won’t bring back British industry with more carbon taxes appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Experts weigh in as Andy Burnham hints at council tax reform

Andy Burnham has hinted at council tax reform as Labour MPs stepped up calls for action.

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

PPS Reshuffle List In Full

10 Downing Street: Sir Nic Dakin David Baines Jo Platt Cabinet Office: Alan Gemmell Dr Beccy Cooper Natasha Irons HM Treasury: John Grady Alistair Strathern Yuan Yang Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Anna Gelderd Laura Kyrke-Smith Chris Murray Home Office: Michael Payne Adam Thompson Chris Vince Ministry of Justice: Linsey Farnsworth Joe Powell Connor Rand…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

Energy Secretary Backed Compulsory Four-Day Week for Everyone

Miatta Fahnbulleh, while chief executive of the New Economics Foundation, wrote an impassioned essay in 2019 called “the Neoliberal Collapse” in favour of her “green new deal” proposals. Here are some extracts: “Just like the economic breakdown that has chipped away at people’s quality of life, environmental decline is rooted in the crisis of capitalism.…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

Burnham’s Property Tax Proposals Would Destroy Rental Market

According to the i Paper Burnham is considering whether to implement one of two taxes: “Two models are competing for support: a proportional property tax, which would replace both council tax and stamp duty with a flat 0.48 per cent annual charge on a home’s current value; or a land value tax – an annual…

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

POLL: Will Andy Burnham's bombshell plan for 0.48% annual property tax crash UK economy?

Supporters of reform, including the Fairer Share Campaign, claim a flat-rate annual charge could save households in areas such as Hartlepool around £950 a year.

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

EXC: Burnham Could Swerve Downing Street Council Tax Bill by Keeping His Primary Residence In Manchester

If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM. Saving Burnham a handy £2000 a year… As then-Cabinet Office minister Ruth Anderson said in a written PQ answer last year: “…where a minister occupies an official…

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham just kicked state pensioners off a cliff - he's just like Rachel Reeves

Former chancellor Rachel Reeves set up a tax trap for pensioners. Andy Burnham quickly shoved them into it.

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’ Good morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News that, while Andy Burnham spent his first week as PM focusing on cost of living issues, this week the public would see “a prime minister that runs towards big and difficult issues rather than runs away from [them]”. Those challenges include reforming social care and, as Peter Walker reports, Burnham has

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham announces 'big decisions' on council tax

No 10 denied the Government was considering replacing council tax and stamp duty with a tax based on property or land values.

EconomyHousing
The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows Expanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts. An economic paper published by the Department for Transport last month shows that airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if Heathrow builds a t

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The Guardian Politics26 Jul 2026

Rising oil prices could force up UK interest rates, say economists

Bank of England expected to keep rates on hold on Thursday but renewed Iran conflict casts shadow over energy costs The Bank of England could be forced to tear up its economic forecasts and raise interest rates later this year if oil prices return to above $100 a barrel, according to City economists. Before a meeting of Bank officials on Thursday, economists said that while an interest rate hike would probably be avoided this week there could be some in the future because of conflict in the Midd

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