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The Guardian Politics16 Aug 2026

Burnham urged to crack down on gig economy firms to protect 4m workers

Exclusive: Campaigners say millions are missing out on key rights including sick pay and protection against unfair dismissal Andy Burnham is being urged to protect 4 million gig economy workers by prosecuting companies that use widespread “bogus” self-employment practices to deny people their rights. As the prime minister fleshes out his agenda, the Fabian Society and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have warned that millions of workers are missing out on key statutory rights including parental le

EconomyDefenceReformHousing
Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Teenage criminals in balaclavas are plaguing our town centres - 1 thing must be done now!

OPINION - JJ ANISIOBI: Hiding faces behind balaclavas and other coverings should not be allowed... it's time we did this one thing to make society safer

Crime
Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Reform faces the next big challenge to make Nigel Farage Prime Minister

Nigel Farage's party says it is ready to build on the momentum from the Clacton win and 'fight to the rest of the country' as it faces a key challenge

Reform
The Guardian Politics16 Aug 2026

Angela Rayner moves to protect pubs from being turned into houses or offices

Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there’s no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shakeup All pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shakeup of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week. The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 3m homes by the end of the parliament. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics16 Aug 2026

A positive new report raises the question: was Reeves undermined by dodgy data? | Heather Stewart

Assessment that has found a jump in UK productivity emphasises urgent need to appoint a national statistician Keen new chancellor, John Healey, responded to last week’s better-than-expected economic news by claiming the government is “bringing hope back”. Growth did not plunge as feared after Donald Trump unleashed war on Iran – with GDP expanding at a pretty decent 0.4% in the second quarter. But what if we should have held on to a bit more hope all along? A new assessment of the UK’s recent pr

EconomyDefence
Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Blow to Andy Burnham as new PM's popularity takes hit in new poll

New polling shows the Prime Minister's new approval rating has dropped

Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Westminster insider names 3 MPs you’d never want to go to the pub with – and 3 you would

EXCLUSIVE: The comments form part of a forthcoming handbook written under the pseudonym The Secret Staffer, published later this month.

Politics
Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Reform UK unveils plan to cut £50 billion a year from soaring benefits bill

Reform's Treasury spokesman said the plan would be the biggest shake-up of the welfare state in a generation

EconomyReform
Conservative Home16 Aug 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

Express Politics16 Aug 2026

State pension triple lock update as new report exposes huge crisis

Opponents of the anti-poverty safeguard are told to 'slink away in shame' as hikes in hardship among pensioners are exposed

Express Politics16 Aug 2026

Plan for new generation of defence factories across North East so UK can tackle threats

The plan for defence enterprise zones has been welcomed by local leaders and is intended to boost the economy as well as protecting Britain

EconomyDefence
Express Politics16 Aug 2026

The scale of pensioner poverty in Britain shames us all

Millions of pensioners face relentless anxiety relentless anxiety as they wonder where the next pound is coming from to pay ever-increasing bills.