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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems

Three people stand on cracked-up mud where water would usually be in a lake
The UK has been hit by five heatwaves this summer, drying up lakes such as Hollow Pond, near Leytonstone, east London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Andy Burnham should call a cross-party meeting to discuss the UK’s response to worsening extreme weather, including the forthcoming ‘super El Niño’, the Liberal Democrats have said.

The prime minister chaired a Cobra emergency meeting on the drought earlier this month but there has been little from the government on the wider threats posed by five successive heatwaves since May and expected global issues with food shortages and inflation.

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