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UK economy grows but experts warn of challenging months ahead
Hot weather and the men's football World Cup boosted the economy but the Iran war may weigh on growth
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BBC Politics13 Aug 2026
UK economy grows but experts warn of challenging months ahead
Hot weather and the men's football World Cup boosted the economy but the Iran war may weigh on growth
EconomyDefence
Conservative Home13 Aug 2026
Emma Revell: Bunham’s easy wins aren’t enough to fix the country
It’s easy for me, as someone who works in a think tank and has zero desire to run for elected office, to sit at my desk and tell politicians they need to do unpopular things for the good of the country. But the simple truth is that they do. Without it, there’s no route other than continued stagnation and inevitable decline. The post Emma Revell: Bunham’s easy wins aren’t enough to fix the country appeared first on Conservative Home.
BBC Politics13 Aug 2026
UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat
The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law.
Express Politics13 Aug 2026
Trump just put US on brink of meltdown - and Andy Burnham could go down in flames
These are frightening times for the US. They're frightening for Britain too, writes Harvey Jones.
Guido Fawkes13 Aug 2026
Burnham’s Approval Rating Drops by Six Points
More in Common’s tracker of party leader approval ratings has seen Burnham drop by six points. It’s nothing, they’re telling themselves in Downing Street… High early ratings usually come from people not knowing who you are. Burnham is now down from 20 points to fourteen. He’s still above the rest… Badenoch is positive on +1…
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Express Politics13 Aug 2026
POLL: Do you trust Andy Burnham to cut number of small boat migrants arriving in UK?
The Prime Minister has pledged to "change tactics" to prevent migrants from illegally entering the UK, but do you think he will stick to his word?
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The Guardian Politics13 Aug 2026
Polls open in Clacton, as research shows Farage has spent more than £10,000 in byelection – UK politics live
The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelection Good morning. In the media, August is known as the “silly season”. With parliament not sitting and many people on holiday, there is less proper news than normal, which means the nonsense stories get (even) more attention than usual. We are almost slap bang in the middle of the month, and today we’ve got a silly season classic in Clacton, where Nigel Farage, the Reform UK candidate, is fighting a byel
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The Guardian Politics13 Aug 2026
Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot
This summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever When a business makes long-term plans, they call it prudence. When a government makes long-term plans, they call it communism. Any sustained state intervention attracts the prefix “Soviet-style”, and triggers vicious attacks across the billionaire media. So governments have developed a bias against long-term thinking. This may explain why we no longer maintain strategic food
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Guido Fawkes13 Aug 2026
Economy Grows by Only 0.4% in Second Quarter
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that GDP grew by 0.4% in the second quarter of the year, down from 0.6% in the first. Broken down: April: Down 0.1% May: No change June: Up 0.3% The ONS said: “In output terms, growth in the latest quarter was mainly caused by an increase…
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Express Politics13 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy
The Prime Minister was briefed this week on how the UK economy could be affected by the war in Iran.
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BBC Politics13 Aug 2026
Polls open in Clacton by-election
Voters will choose between 34 candidates - the most to stand in any British parliamentary election.
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