Editorial: A vast rethink on how this parched and panting land adapts to future hotter summers and wetter winters must be top of the in-tray for the new PM

Mark Wallace: Andy Burnham has made an argument about the cost of living that unintentionally plays straight into Kemi Badenoch's hands

Andy Burnham has convened an emergency Cobra meeting as the UK battles record-breaking heat, widespread wildfires and drought, with temperatures forecast to hit 38C this week

More than 2,800 people in Britain have died from heat-related causes this year.

Southern Water pushes for rare drought order banning filling of non-domestic swimming pools