MPs call for action amid warning of 10,000 annual heatwave deaths

Urgent Government action is needed to boost resilience in extremely warm weather amid warnings that up to 10,000 people year in the UK could die as a result of heatwaves, MPs have said.

The increasing frequency and severity of such events are set to have a profound impact on public finances as well as health, with heatwaves potentially costing the economy about £60 billion a year, according to a report by the Environmental Audit Committee.

The committee’s chair, , suggested the Government is not responding quickly enough