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Our high streets should work for local people – not for companies profiting from harm.

I’m delighted to say that we’ve won.

Lefty journos now bleating as they don’t like tables being turned on them … These lefty journos want war. They’ve got war.

We need to accept our climate has changed and put in place measures to adapt, and one of those is banning the use of disposable barbecues in public places.

It is hugely welcome that the prime minister has said he will consider imposing a ban on disposable barbecues.

We know Britain will face heatwaves like this with increasing frequency and increasing intensity. So we have to take the health consequences much more seriously, so that everyone is ready when they come.

Three thousand have entered our country in the first 22 days of Andy Burnham’s premiership, that is more … than any other prime minister has seen in their first 22 days.

These people are a danger and a risk to our society, and they have to be treated like terrorists, because that is what they are doing. They are harming and killing people on our streets. It’s exactly the same, and it needs to be treated…

Violence against women and girls has to be an absolute priority in every single police force in our country. Twenty per cent of callouts to almost every single force in our country is violence against women and girls … it kills way more…

Our NHS is used to gearing up for these kinds of pressures in winter. But we are going to need the same level of preparation in future summers. I have told the NHS to start drawing up summer plans now in the way they have traditionally…

During the heatwaves in May and June, we saw more than 2,800 lives lost because of the extreme heat, and this year is on track to see the highest ever number of heat-related deaths. My thoughts go out to every family who has lost loved…

I totally accept that people might not like that, but it is critical national infrastructure and it has to be built somewhere.

I want the new prime minister to re-examine the proposals to ensure there is no stone left unturned to see if it could go ahead.

I will oversee strong fiscal discipline

I had a lot of really good conversations about what people want and of course safety is very important, environment is very important, the green space issue was really important as well.

Let’s be clear, Billy Bishop is a required infrastructure in Toronto. That is a very, very important part of Toronto’s transportation networks and used and appreciated by a lot of travellers.

That city is receiving nearly $800,000 to install cooling measures in its parks to help residents stay cool in extreme heat.

Corporate welfare enriched insiders at taxpayers’ expense.