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• New UK cost of living crisis looms with soaring energy bills forecast to lift inflationThe Guardian

• Government needs to win back trust of farmers, says Andy BurnhamThe Irish News
• No 10’s ads for a TikTok team show why social media is a smart career moveThe Guardian

• PM: Farmers should not carry the risk of a changing climate alonegov.uk
• Burnham announces £65m drought package for English farmersFarmers Weekly
• Burnham announces £65m funding boost for drought-hit farmersITV News
• Government issues temporary ban on disposable barbeques amid UK wildfiresITV News
• UK Government considers scaling back EV targetsTech Digest
• Burnham feels the heatThe Ecologist
• Belt and braces PM: what wearing suit braces says about BurnhamThe Guardian
• Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’The Guardian
• Burnham announces £65m for drought-hit farmers after Labour pressureThe Guardian
• Burnham brings in military and bans disposable barbecues in ‘tinderbox’ BritainThe Guardian
• Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisisThe Guardian

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• Growth in every postcode as Burnham sits down with small business owners in the West Countrygov.uk
• Number of T Level pupils hits record high as maths A Levels risegov.uk
• PM call with President Stubb of Finland: 13 August 2026gov.uk
• Burnham's plan to house migrants in middle-class areas heads for legal showdownEvesham Observer
• Andy Burnham’s great British rip-off list just got even longerThe Guardian
• Category C and women’s prisons could be upgraded to ease overcrowdingThe Guardian
• Government could pay higher rents to spread asylum accommodation across UKThe Guardian
• Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – as it happenedThe Guardian
• The Guardian view on A-level and T-level results: a boost to the nation’s confidenceThe Guardian

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• PM urged to make urgent statement on climate crisis, as UK faces another extreme heatwaveFriends of the Earth
• PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heat warning and wildfiresITV News
• 'All Parts of the Country Need to Play Their Part': Andy Burnham Defends Plan to Spread Asylum Seekers Across BritainInternational Business Times UK
• Burnham considers disposable BBQ ban amid heatwave and wildfire riskLBC
• Andy Burnham is the first influencer prime ministerNew Statesman
• Andy Burnham tackles prison crisis by putting men in women's prisons despite trans rulesPinkNews
• Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heatThe Guardian
• From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right nowThe Guardian
• Immigration minister says poorer areas have taken ‘fair share’ of asylum seekers – UK politics liveThe Guardian
• Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warnsThe Guardian
• UK heatwave live: Burnham considers ban on disposable barbecues to prevent wildfiresThe Guardian

• PM vows to save “hollowed out high streets” with crackdown on vape and betting shopsgov.uk
• Social care 'postcode lottery' shows huge variation in support across EnglandLBC
• Andy Burnham found his nerve on prisons. Now he must tackle bordersThe Times, link to follow
• A question for Burnham as he tours the country: how to reduce the magnetic pull of London?The Guardian
• Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ PC Harper’s killers will not get early releaseThe Guardian
• Early prisoner releases mean pledge to cut rough sleeping ‘may fail’The Guardian
• For a proper celebration of the American Revolution, head to the British LibraryThe Guardian
• How viable are plans to free up prison space in England and Wales?The Guardian

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• Andy Burnham faces choice on drilling as North Sea consultation closesLBC
• Councils to be given powers to block eyesore vape shops in Burnham plan to revive 'hollowed out high streets'LBC
• Can Andy Burnham move fast enough for voters?New Statesman
• Amnesty International says Farage putting ‘hate and inhumanity’ over leadership with El Salvador prison plan – as it happenedThe Guardian
• Burnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shopsThe Guardian
• From ticket booking fees to shrinkflation, six other ways Burnham could cut cost of livingThe Guardian
• Is Andy Burnham seriously about to tour Britain like some medieval monarch?The Guardian
• PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early releaseThe Guardian

And 3 more Guardian records from this day in the archive.

• PM starts roll out of ‘everyday fixes’ on the cost of living – ending rip-off discounts and subscription trapsgov.uk
• Andy Burnham to tour Britain in effort to reconnect government with publicThe Guardian
• Burnham vows crackdown on ‘rip-off’ business practices to ease cost of livingThe Guardian
• Cut £175 from energy bills for low-income homes, says thinktankThe Guardian
• Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister saysThe Guardian

• Coming to a town near you: Burnham kicks off nationwide cost-of-living tour as No 10 insists 'consumers being ripped off shouldn't be accepted'LBC
• Government's mental health plan for high streets branded 'meaningless' by union - unless enough workers recruited to staff themLBC
• Labour now 'more popular than Reform' as poll reveals satisfaction in Burnham 8% behind Starmer at same point as PMLBC
• Burnham urged to approve North Sea gas field to secure British energyThe Telegraph
• Why Andy Burnham's council house building boom is a recipe for disasterThe Telegraph
• Andy Burnham looks to block early release of PC Harper's killersThe Times
• Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oilThe Guardian

• Burnham orders review of early release scheme over fears grooming gang criminals will be eligible to walk freeLBC
• It is 'insane' UK has not hosted World Cup since 1966, says BurnhamLBC
• As a Tory, I say things are looking up. Farage is fading, and the looming threat to No 10 is called KemiThe Guardian
• Burnham urged to tackle cost of living crisis by urging Trump to end Iran warThe Guardian
• Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cutsThe Guardian

• Two Trustees appointed to the National Gallery Boardgov.uk
• Andy Burnham slammed over grooming gang release: 'yet another betrayal of the victims'Daily Express
• Accounts show Green party may be close to overtaking Labour’s membership figures – as it happenedThe Guardian
• Burnham ‘personally intervened’ over possible early prison release of grooming gang perpetratorsThe Guardian
• Catholic or not, many of us share Andy Burnham’s beliefsThe Guardian
• Early release is a sign of a broken prison systemThe Guardian
• Healey urged to be bold on borrowing in first test of Burnham’s growth pledgeThe Guardian

• Major expansion of community mental health support across Englandgov.uk
• Big bank bosses on alert as tax noise gets louder under BurnhamCity AM
• Kent to get three new emergency mental health units in Ashford, Gillingham and Margate as part of expansion of NHS services across EnglandKent Online
• Andy Burnham yet to reply 12 days after Chief Constable wrote letter warning about PC Harper killers' releaseLBC
• More than 100 mental health centres to open in libraries and banks - as Burnham vows to bring NHS services 'closer to home'LBC
• New UK PM Burnham takes to social media to challenge populist parties' dominanceReuters
• Andy Burnham reveals wife’s reaction to third Labour leadership bidThe Guardian
• Bank battle: history suggests Burnham faces fight if he opts for windfall taxThe Guardian
• Burnham not considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey EpsteinThe Guardian
• Chief constable considers joining legal action if PC’s killers are released earlyThe Guardian
• If English devolution is to be a success, it must be done rightThe Guardian

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• Four men arrested for illegal waste dumping at infamous Wigan sitegov.uk
• Rape, serious child sex and grooming offences barred from sentencing changesgov.uk
• "He might be hopeless, but he seems genuine": My focus groups on the early days of Andy BurnhamLord Ashcroft Polls
• About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rulesThe Guardian
• BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North SeaThe Guardian
• Dinghy carrying 173 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fireThe Guardian
• Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happenedThe Guardian
• Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggestsThe Guardian

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• Burnham to allow killers to walk free but paedophiles and rapists will stay behind bars in early release schemeLBC
• Farage claims Reform government would stop the boats 'within a fortnight'LBC
• Trump kicks 'bankrupt' Britain before insisting he and Burnham will have 'good relationship'LBC
• Count Binface could get 20% of vote in Clacton by-election, new poll showsThe Independent
• Does Andy Burnham really hate London? He wouldn’t be the only oneThe Guardian
• Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on cameraThe Guardian