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The Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to begin a UK tour, leaving Westminster to meet people and announce measures aimed at reducing household bills and improving high streets, with listening mode emphasized. Opposition figures responded, including Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride, Robert Jenrick of Reform, and Lib Dem Daisy Cooper, who criticised the tour and called for different approaches on taxes, crime, and energy levies.

In Canada, thousands fled homes in British Columbia due to wildfires, with a state of emergency declared. In the UK, temperatures are expected to reach up to 33 degrees, marking the 34th day above 30 degrees this year, equaling a record set in 1995, and a fifth heatwave is forecast. Separately, alleged gangland crime boss Daniel Kinahan is on an extradition flight back to Ireland from Dubai following his arrest under an Irish warrant related to serious organised crime.

  1. 1:41
  2. 1:41

    Claim PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham returns from his summer break and plans a UK tour across August to focus on cost of living, asking people what would make their life better.

    ITV1 HD, ITV News, 9 August 2026, 1:41-1:56

  3. 2:35

    Claim PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham returns from his summer break and plans a UK tour across August to focus on cost of living, asking people what would make their life better.

    ITV1 HD, ITV News, 9 August 2026, 2:35-2:43

  4. 2:43

    Charged quote PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus

    particularly around household bills and also improving high streets. Now we've heard from the Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride who says that tax hikes and red tape are hammering the high streets and that Labour should abandon plans to release criminals from prison early if they want to keep communities safe.

    ITV1, ITV News, 9 August 2026, 2:43-2:50

  5. 3:01

    Contested quote PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus

    Robert Jenrick from Reform says the Prime Minister should scrap green levies and taxes on energy bills if he wants to ease the cost of living and Daisy Cooper of the Lib Dems described it as a new PM embarking on a vanity tour. As much as we want to listen to people what really matters is what you do about it and how you spend the money. We'll see what decisions are

    ITV1, ITV News, 9 August 2026, 3:01-3:06

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