Zack Polanski calls for Prime Minister to force fossil fuel firms to cover costs of tackling wildfires

Zack Polanski was joined by BBC Springwatch presenter Chris Packham as he warned: ‘We are facing the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War’

The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’

‘We are facing the biggest threat to this country since the Second World War,’ Green Party leader Zack Polanski said.

Will Meakin-Durrant, Press Association Political Staff Fossil fuel producers should be forced to pay for firefighting helicopters following the outbreak of blazes in the UK, the Green Party’s leader has said. At a press conference on Wednesday, Zack Polanski made the plea as he warned: “We are facing the biggest threat