A mother whose son has suffered two seizures during the heatwave has urged incoming prime minister Andy Burnham to protect the country’s children from the climate crisis.
Becky Ward, 42 from Essex, told The Independent she has lost sleep trying to keep her two children, Alex, 11, and Levy, 8, cool. She is a full-time carer to her youngest, who has epilepsy and cerebral palsy and whose body struggles to regulate heat.
