UK Wildfires Fuel Cross-Party Push to Ban Disposable Barbecues

Roughly 20,000 hectares have burned across every UK region in 2026. Farmers, firefighters, Labour MPs, Liberal Democrats, and farming bodies the NFU and CLA now want a temporary disposable barbecue ban in England and Wales. Major supermarkets voluntarily restrict sales, but smaller shops and online sellers keep them available. No national law currently activates automatically during drought conditions.