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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton

‘That’s why we work in finance – so one day we can afford air-con’: Britain’s unequal heatwave

People walk across a plaza in Canary Wharf during a heatwave
Underneath Canary Wharf lies a warren-like shopping centre, which is air-conditioned and full of suited men scurrying around to pick up lunch. Photograph: Kevin Coombs/Reuters

Travelling from his air-conditioned flat to the air-conditioned Elizabeth line to his air-conditioned office, 27-year-old banker Aykhan found this week’s heatwave a breeze.

Smiling while grabbing lunch in the shopping centre under the gleaming One Canada Square skyscraper in Canary Wharf, he said he’d been sleeping very well over the last few days. “It’s a new flat, the air-con is great, my bedroom is cool.”

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