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A crowd of people watch the setting sun from a hill in Ealing, west London, August 11, 2022
AS BRITAIN wilted in the heat today, the TUC said that working temperatures must be capped by the next government.
It is calling for a change in the law so that employers must attempt to reduce temperatures if they get above 24°C and workers feel uncomfortable.
The union body would also like ministers to introduce a new absolute maximum indoor temperature, set at 30°C — or 27°C for those doing strenuous jobs such as warehouse packing — to indicate when work must stop.
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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