PM urges disposable barbecue ban as Wales faces wildfire crisis and drought

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on all retailers to withdraw disposable barbecues from sale, as England and Wales have already recorded 1,017 wildfires this year

Most major UK supermarkets have suspended sales of disposable barbecues in recent weeks

PM urges shops to stop selling disposable barbecues over wildfires risk  ITVX

PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’ Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham convened ministers, officials and agencies as scorching temperatures persist across the country in the fifth heatwave of the summer

The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee in response to the heat, wildfires and drought.

The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee in response to the heat, wildfires and drought.