Burnham backlash: Middle classes revolt against migrant housing plan

Burnham backlash: Middle classes revolt against migrant housing plan

Author: The Telegraph August 12, 2026 Duration: 38:46

In Wednesday’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Poppy Coburn react to Andy Burnham’s demand that middle-class towns and villages across the UK take in their “fair share” of illegal migrants.


They examine the severe strain mass arrivals place on small rural communities such as the Oxfordshire village of Piddington, where a population of just more than 350 residents could be asked to absorb more than 1,200 asylum seekers.


Plus, after Rupert Lowe’s announcement that the pact between Restore Britain and Reform UK is officially dead, Camilla and Poppy unpack the personal rift between Mr Lowe and Nigel Farage, while challenging the fringe rhetoric surrounding “white British” identity.


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Highlights:



  • Burnham has called for the middle-class to do more - but would he host a migrants in Makerfield?
  • The idea of a Reform UK / Restore pact Camilla and Poppy discuss who is to blame and why it all fell apart.

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