The prime minister will spend much of the rest of August in “listening mode” as he travels across the country, officials said. He also plans to use the national tour to tell voters about his 10-year plan for the UK. That’s why he’s going to start rolling out a series of pro-consumer cost of living measures to give people some room to breathe.” Green Party leader Zack Polanski, writing in The i Paper, said the prime minister was “tinkering at the edges” with his announcements. He urged Mr Burnham to scrap business rates for thousands of high street firms.