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by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Business, Commodities, Consumer affairs, Energy, Energy bills, Energy industry, Environment, Fossil fuels, Gas, Greenhouse gas emissions, Household bills, Money, Oil, Oil and gas companies, Politics, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Brian Eno and Olly Alexander also among signatories saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies realityMore than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham, urging him to...

Housebuilding near train stations to get ‘default yes’ under new planning changes – UK politics live

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Conservatives, Labour, Planning policy, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Thousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sitesThe new national planning policy framework is aimed at providing clearer national policies for plan-making and decision-making, meaning that...

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Banking, Business, Financial sector, Jamie Dimon, John Healey, JP Morgan, Politics, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK cost of living crisis, UK news | 0 |

Billionaire CEO of world’s biggest bank says any windfall tax on sector’s bumper profits could harm jobs in the CityJamie Dimon, the boss of the US bank JP Morgan, has urged John Healey not to use his first budget as chancellor...

More women will die if domestic abusers leave prison early, victim’s parents warn

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Domestic violence, England, Femicide, Labour, Law, Police, Politics, Prisons and probation, Society, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news, Violence against women and girls, Wales | 0 |

Parents of Michaela Hall, whose partner killed her after he left prison in 2021, say Probation Service cannot cope with mass releaseMore women will die if ministers include domestic abusers in the early prison release scheme,...

Loosening of planning rules in England to allow more new homes near stations

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Angela Rayner, Housing, Labour, Planning policy, Politics, Society, The Guardian, Transport, UK news | 0 |

Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sitesThousands more homes could be built within 10 minutes of transport hubs, including on green belt sites, under a...

Revisited: The Andy Burnham I know – Today in Focus podcast

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Labour, Politics, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Today in Focus host and former north of England editor Helen Pidd has watched Andy Burnham’s career for years, and here she talks to his friends, colleagues and mentors to find out more about his rise to power. This episode was...

Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Cities, Cities and development, Climate crisis, Delhi, Environment, Extreme heat, Global development, Human rights, India, Natural disasters, South and Central Asia, The Guardian, Urbanisation, World News | 0 |

With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capitalEvery summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine....

‘I saw Cliff Richard dressed as a leek!’ Su Pollard on Hi-de-Hi!, Aids and her amazing celebrity encounters

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Comedy, Culture, Life and style, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, TV comedy | 0 |

Even after half a century in the limelight, the actor can still surprise. Who’d have guessed she went clubbing with Freddie Mercury? Or that she watched Blair and Brown strike their fateful deal at Granita?A quick run-through of...

Italy’s mythic ‘month off’ in August was hard won. It would be good for us all | Jamie Mackay

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Europe, Italy, The Guardian, Unions, World News | 0 |

The villeggiatura, a month-long break, was popularised in the 1960s when trade unions were strong – and so was economic productivityOn the Riviera di Ponente, sandwiched between the glitzy resort towns of the Ligurian coast,...

‘His ache is real’: Bob Dylan and more on the wild genius of honky-tonk hellraiser Gary Stewart

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Bob Dylan, Country, Culture, Music, The Guardian, US news, World News | 0 |

Worshipped by everyone from Willie Nelson to Joe Strummer, the country star with the amazing voice imploded in a blaze of guns, knives, drugs and infidelities. What’s behind his astonishing posthumous rediscovery?‘He sings like...

Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut

by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Benefits, Disability, Nigel Farage, Politics, Reform UK, Robert Jenrick, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as...

Arron Banks hired private investigators to dig into Conservative party chair

by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Arron Banks, Conservatives, Investigative journalism, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Revelation comes after it was disclosed that Reform UK backer had paid for spying on prominent journalistThe businessman and Reform UK backer Arron Banks commissioned a private intelligence firm to dig into the Conservative...

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Massive Attack and Paris Paloma join musicians urging Burnham to reject new North Sea drilling