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UK politics: Burnham says fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally – as it happened
UK NewsPolitics•August 20, 2026 at 4:04 PMNational

UK politics: Burnham says fly-tippers will be forced to pay for the clean-up when they dump waste illegally – as it happened

By Tom Ambrose (now) and Vivian Ho (earlier)•The Guardian - UK News

The prime minister plans to bring in the National Crime Agency to tackle the gangs behind dumpsValue being generated by student loans is “not what it should be”, Reform UK’s deputy leader said.Asked by reporters about the funding of the scheme by stopping foreign students accessing loans, Richard Tice said:Regarding the funding of this, cash is cash. Whether you think that it’s cash as a positive in a balance sheet or a bank account, or whether you’re borrowing it, it’s money. It’s cash.As Suella quite rightly said, the amount of money going into student loans, it’s all government money, and this government is borrowing vast sums.In terms of Mickey Mouse courses, listen, this has been well-chronicled for many years. Whether it’s gender studies, whether it’s golf course studies, I think I’ve seen there’s not a necessity. There’s not a value in many of these degrees.Now I know that might be uncomfortable to those people who have those qualifications, but the reality is you’ve got to ask yourself: what are your graduate outcomes looking like? Continue reading...

The prime minister plans to bring in the National Crime Agency to tackle the gangs behind dumps

Value being generated by student loans is “not what it should be”, Reform UK’s deputy leader said.

Asked by reporters about the funding of the scheme by stopping foreign students accessing loans, Richard Tice said:

Regarding the funding of this, cash is cash. Whether you think that it’s cash as a positive in a balance sheet or a bank account, or whether you’re borrowing it, it’s money. It’s cash.

As Suella quite rightly said, the amount of money going into student loans, it’s all government money, and this government is borrowing vast sums.

In terms of Mickey Mouse courses, listen, this has been well-chronicled for many years. Whether it’s gender studies, whether it’s golf course studies, I think I’ve seen there’s not a necessity. There’s not a value in many of these degrees.

Now I know that might be uncomfortable to those people who have those qualifications, but the reality is you’ve got to ask yourself: what are your graduate outcomes looking like?

Continue reading...