Farmers, Firefighters and Cross-Party MPs Call for Disposable Barbecue Ban as Wildfires Burn Across UK

With an estimated 20,000 hectares burned across every UK region in 2026, farmers, firefighters, Labour MPs, Liberal Democrats, the NFU and the CLA are urging a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in England and Wales. Major supermarkets already restrict sales voluntarily, but smaller shops and online sellers keep them circulating. No national law currently triggers automatically during drought.