Burnham vows crackdown on ‘rip-off’ business practices to ease cost of living
2 sources·Updated August 9, 2026

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- The Independent UK·7h agoBurnham vows to tackle ‘rip-off’ subscriptions in cost-of-living crackdown
The PM will accelerate plans to force companies to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and provide more information about costs up-front rather than quietly auto-renewing them at a higher price
Read at The Independent UK → - Guardian UK·7h agoBurnham vows crackdown on ‘rip-off’ business practices to ease cost of living
First of PM’s ‘everyday fixes’ to be banning fake discounts and making it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions Andy Burnham: I’ll end the rip-offs that people hate Andy Burnham has promised a series of measures to tackle the cost of living, including a ban on fake discounts…
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