Wildfires and a summer of extreme heat mean Andy Burnham can’t stay quiet on climate any longer

New prime minister Andy Burnham’s to-do list just keeps growing. In many regards, he has wasted no time in setting out a vision for the government that puts clear distance between himself and his predecessor Keir Starmer. But despite this, amid a summer of record-breaking heat and devastating wildfires, he is still to say anything substantive on the climate issue. Burnham has not articulated how this Labour government intends to achieve its climate objectives. The government’s Climate Change…