Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris

We spoke to the economist Professor Matthew Agarwala, who's the chair of sustainable finance at the University of Sussex Bennett Institute, and asked him what advice he would give to Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans I don’t think I have ever written before about a British strike directly related to the climate…