Green leader calls extreme heat biggest UK threat since Second World War, urges Burnham to act

Green Party leader Zack Polanski told a central London audience that extreme heat poses "the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War." He accused Labour of "an astonishing dereliction of duty," urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to convene an emergency Cobra meeting on wildfires and drought, fund household heatproofing grants, and update the UK's wildfire strategy.