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The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

Do not cut benefits for disabled young people, dozens of UK charities urge ministers

More than 40 charities write to Pat McFadden and review head Alan Milburn over fears of stricter eligibility rules More than 40 of the UK’s leading charities have warned ministers against imposing tougher benefit sanctions or cuts on disabled young people, as the government considers how to encourage more young people into work. The charities raised concerns that an imminent review of young people and work by Alan Milburn could bring in stricter eligibility rules for keeping disability benefits

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BBC Politics18 Aug 2026

Burnham received £345,000 of donations ahead of becoming PM

The prime minister lists his financial interests for the first time since returning to Parliament.

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BBC Politics18 Aug 2026

Burnham received £345,000 of donations ahead of becoming PM

The prime minister lists his financial interests for the first time since returning to Parliament.

Politics
BBC Politics18 Aug 2026

'Everyone in for Christmas' - Burnham unveils rough sleeping plan

Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.

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The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

Burnham launches ‘national drive’ to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas

Prime minister urges local leaders to act as homelessness campaigners welcome move but say more needs to be done I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise Andy Burnham has urged local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off the streets by Christmas, as he pledges another £100m to end street homelessness. Arguing in the Guardian that rough sleeping has become so common it now “feels like part of the scenery”, Burnham promised he would mount

The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

I won’t abandon anyone to sleep rough on our streets. That’s my £442m promise | Andy Burnham

Today we begin our drive to get everyone in for Christmas. And it will be for local communities up and down the land to decide how best to do it Burnham launches ‘national drive’ to get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas I’ve always thought you can tell something about a country by what it learns to walk past. And, somewhere along the way, we’ve got used to seeing people sleeping rough on our streets. We see people bedded down in doorways and sat outside stations, carrying their lives in

Express Politics18 Aug 2026

Dropping net zero targets could cut £200 off household electricity bills

New report argues that axing net zero targets could save households hundreds on electricity bills

Environment
Express Politics18 Aug 2026

POLL: Should the speed limit on UK motorways be raised to 80mph?

A politician says UK motorway speed limits should rise after almost 60 years at 70mph.

Express Politics18 Aug 2026

Andy Burnham announces ‘absolutely massive’ change to buses in UK city

The Prime Minister's move "will leave taxpayers across the country on the hook".

Economy
The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave

Migration minister asked how he intends to stop deportations of people ‘who had lived in Sweden for decades’ The deportation and removal of British citizens from Sweden over Brexit residency rights is damaging relations with the UK amid efforts to reset positive associations with London, a Swedish MP has said. Häkan Svenneling, representative for Vârmland, where a 78-year-old British widow, Joyce Thomas, has been given four weeks to leave Sweden after 21 years of residency, has written to the mi

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The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

Burnham declares almost £350,000 in donations in months before becoming PM

MPs’ register of interests shows hospitality and trips worth more than £12,000 and contributions from longstanding Labour donors Donors to Andy Burnham gave almost £350,000 over the months before he became Labour leader and prime minister, with major contributors including his former adviser Sacha Lord as well as billionaires David Sainsbury and Gary Lubner. The new MPs’ register of interests also shows Burnham declaring hospitality and trips worth more than £12,000 – many of them relating to Gr

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The Guardian Politics18 Aug 2026

The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump In November, Californians will vote on a one-off 5% levy on residents worth more than $1bn. The union-backed plan could raise $100bn, more than enough to replace federal healthcare funding stripped away by Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. About 200 very rich people would pay. But the referendum is becoming a test of whether extreme wealth can b

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