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Greens’ Hannah Spencer tables maximum workplace temp bill

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:14 July 2026

With Britain sweating through its third consecutive heatwave, the Green Party has moved to introduce a maximum workplace temperature bill: "From bus and train drivers sweltering in their cabins to bakers working in over 40 degrees, and builders whose workplaces offer no respite from the heat – the government has a duty to protect all of us." Today Hannah Spencer is tabling a maximum workplace temperature bill. pic.twitter.com/0ofCXCDx4M — The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) July 13, 2026 “Absurd” Speaking to the Guardian, Hannah Spencer said: This is something workers and trade unions have been raising the alarm about for many years. It shouldn’t…

Government urged to legislate on maximum working temperature amid third heatwave

Post author:The Canary
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:8 July 2026

Pressure on the UK government to set a maximum working temperature is mounting as a third heatwave hits Britain, with ministers now apparently considering legislation for the first time. In the last week of June 2026, over 1,500 people took part in a Heat Strike. They set up Cool Stations to hand out water and health advice in town centres from Exeter to York. Strikers held symbolic lunchtime-walk-outs in solidarity with those in extreme heat, and took thermometers into work to demonstrate how hot and unsafe it was. Workers take the initiative over maximum working temperature In London, bus drivers removed themselves…