Posted by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Climate crisis, Economics, Environment, Environment policy, Extreme heat, Extreme weather, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, Water |
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwavesUK heatwave live – latest updatesJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Climate crisis, Cobra (Civil Contingencies Committee), Conservatives, Extreme heat, Immigration and asylum, Labour, Politics, Prisons and probation, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news |
Anna Turley backs up Andy Burnham’s suggestion that affluent areas should house more asylum seekers in futureAndy Burnham made his comment yesterday suggesting more asylum seekers should be housed in more affluent areas in...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Climate crisis, Cobra (Civil Contingencies Committee), Drought, England, Extreme heat, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, UK weather, Wales, Wildfires |
Parts of country face fifth heatwave of the summer with highs of 38C forecast this week We have some comments from the Liberal Democrats and Green party on the Cobra emergency meeting scheduled for later today.While welcoming...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Climate crisis, Cobra (Civil Contingencies Committee), Conservatives, Extreme heat, Labour, Politics, Prisons and probation, The Guardian, UK criminal justice, UK news |
Martin Jones expresses concern scheme will increase pressure on probation service as Burnham addresses controversy over PC Harper’s killersGood morning. Andy Burnham is chairing a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Clacton byelection August 2026, Count Binface, England, Nigel Farage, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
Farage was elected to EU parliament five times before becoming Clacton MP, while Binface has been less successful – so farNigel Farage has been standing in British elections since 1994, when he narrowly beat Screaming Lord Sutch...
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