Property News · July 20, 2022

Wednesday briefing: How will health, transport and cities cope in the 40C future?


In today’s newsletter: This week’s heatwave has brought unprecedented temperatures to the UK – can the country cope if this becomes the norm?Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Except for those who would laugh maniacally and insist everything was fine even if their beach-based ice-cream burst into flames, it’s been an unsettling couple of days in Britain.The immediate impact of record 40C temperatures was severe enough in its own right: ask the residents of Wennington, where dozens of houses burned (pictured above) after a fire started on nearby shrubland, what they think of the Daily Mail’s disdain yesterday for “apocalyptic climate change pundits” who act as if “Britain was about to spontaneously combust”. But for most of us, the most alarming thing about the heatwave was the 48-hour preview it provided of what’s coming down the line.Conservatives | Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership race, setting up a contest on Wednesday between Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss to join Rishi Sunak in the party members’ vote. Truss narrowed the gap with Mordaunt, who appears to have lost momentum in recent days.Labour | Labour under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn was riven by infighting, with his supporters and opponents using the issue of antisemitism “as a factional weapon”, a long-awaited report has said. The report describes “toxicity on both sides of the relationship” between Corbyn’s office and Labour HQ.Public sector pay | Millions of public sector workers including teachers, doctors, nurses, and police officers are to receive a below-inflation pay rises this year, raising the prospect of industrial action.Women’s health | Ministers have vowed to tackle decades of “systemic” gender health inequality in England with plans for compulsory women’s health training for doctors as part of the government’s first women’s health strategy.Coronavirus | The World Health Organization has urged European governments to increase Covid-19 monitoring amid a surge in cases across the continent. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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