The need for a hand-dishwashing composition which is highly effective at removing grease, while also having good suds mileage, and avoiding negatives on physical stability, especially at low temperatures is met by formulating the hand dishwashing composition to comprise a branched alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant having a low degree of alkoxylation, or no alkoxylation, and a co-surfactant, in combination with polypropylene glycol of a defined molecular weight, as described herein.