UK must learn to live with extreme weather, says cabinet minister

Kit Malthouse, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, says ‘impacts of climate change are with us now’

The UK must learn to live with extreme weather, a minister has said, as the government was accused of going missing “while Britain burns”.

Hundreds of firefighters battled fires across England as temperatures surged to a historic high of 40.3C on Tuesday. More than 60 homes were destroyed in wildfires, and fire services faced what was described as their busiest day since the second world war.

Kit Malthouse, the Cabinet Office minister, said 13 people including seven teenage boys had died while swimming in recent weeks, as he updated MPs on the response to the heatwave.

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