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Conservative Home12 Aug 2026

John Redwood: Nationalisation is not Labour’s silver bullet

The losses simply get worse and the poor old taxpayer has to pay all the bills. For how long will they manage to preserve the jobs? Government should not overclaim for what it can achieve when there is no-one else left to blame. The post John Redwood: Nationalisation is not Labour’s silver bullet appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
BBC Politics12 Aug 2026

PM admits cost of living help is not enough and hints at further support

The PM has announced a rake of measures to help people since taking office three weeks ago.

Economy
BBC Politics12 Aug 2026

PM admits cost of living help is not enough and hints at further support

The PM has announced a rake of measures to help people since taking office three weeks ago.

Economy
The Guardian Politics12 Aug 2026

UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June’s unseasonally hot weather had an economic cost of £2.36bn. Updating its assessment to include last month’s high temperatures, it finds a £4.4bn hit to

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Express Politics11 Aug 2026

John Healey ‘lining up £25bn Budget tax blitz’ - it’s Rachel Reeves all over again

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has gone, but John Healey will be just as bad.

Economy
Guido Fawkes11 Aug 2026

Rayner Gets Burnham’s Flagship Tax Policy Entirely Wrong

On LBC today Angela Rayner got her own department’s policy wrong by claiming that Labour has cut VAT for some businesses. Have a look at this transcript: LBC: And Andy Burnham writes in one of the newspapers today, The Daily Mirror, that he’d like to see the return of butchers and bakers and bookshops, and…

Economy
Express Politics11 Aug 2026

Andy Burnham call to raise £18,000 personal tax allowance hits key threshold

New figures reveal impact of freeze - and how much people are losing in tax

Economy
The Guardian Politics11 Aug 2026

A question for Burnham as he tours the country: how to reduce the magnetic pull of London? | Peter Hetherington

As someone who has specialised in regional policy, I know the task is huge – not least because there is no plan to ensure prosperity throughout England Andy Burnham is off on his travels this week, aiming to reconnect No 10 and the government with voters and communities across the UK. But just weeks before he set out his stall as prime minister, promising to rebalance the economy with growth in every postcode, a government agency, National Highways, underlined the pulling power of the country’s

Economy
Conservative Home11 Aug 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Whose side is Andy Burnham on, does he have a plan, what will happen to taxes, and do we need an election?

My latest poll looks in detail at early impressions of Andy Burnham as prime minister: whose side is he on, does he have a plan, what do people make of his ideas, and where should the money come from? The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Whose side is Andy Burnham on, does he have a plan, what will happen to taxes, and do we need an election? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home11 Aug 2026

Tony Devenish: Burnham’s devolution plans will just mean more tax

My own Council , Westminster City Council is facing a £100m funding cut, over the next three years, causing inevitable cuts to council services and significant council tax increases. That’s nearly 50 per cent in Central Government’s decades old grants to my council. The post Tony Devenish: Burnham’s devolution plans will just mean more tax appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics10 Aug 2026

Kemi Badenoch confronts Andy Burnham over Budget plans - 'more hardship on the way'

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will begin a tour of the country on Tuesday to hear Britons' cost of living concerns.

Economy
Express Politics10 Aug 2026

Kemi Badenoch issues major Andy Burnham demand in your Express ahead of Budget

Kemi Badenoch has excusively written in the Daily Express.

Economy