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        "id": 1861926,
        "msgid": "london-mayor-backs-maximum-workplace-temperature-limit-amid-extreme-heat-1784130795",
        "date": "2026-07-15 21:44:27",
        "title": "London Mayor Backs Maximum Workplace Temperature Limit Amid Extreme Heat",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "London Mayor Sadiq Khan has endorsed calls for a legal maximum workplace temperature as Britain grapples with increasingly frequent heatwaves driven by climate change. The push comes ahead of a planned parliamentary bill and follows union demands for a 30\u00b0C indoor limit, or 27\u00b0C for strenuous work, after a June heatwave was linked to hundreds of excess deaths.",
        "content": "<p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has backed a proposal to set a maximum\ntemperature limit in workplaces to protect workers from heatwaves that\nare increasingly hitting Britain. The support comes amid growing\npressure for the government to tighten occupational safety regulations.\nAccording to a recent report by the UK Met Office, extreme weather\nconditions have now become the \u2018new normal\u2019 due to the impact of climate\nchange. The country\u2019s lack of preparedness is evident in the struggle of\npublic facilities, including housing, schools, hospitals, and transport\nnetworks, every time heatwaves recur throughout this summer. A\nspokesperson for Sadiq Khan stated that the mayor supports the idea of a\ntemperature limit because extreme heat is a reality increasingly faced\nby Londoners. Although he has launched extreme weather adaptation\ninitiatives in the capital, Khan does not have the legal authority to\nenforce such a temperature rule independently. Pressure on the\ngovernment is expected to intensify after Green Party Member of\nParliament Hannah Spencer plans to introduce a bill on workplace\ntemperature limits to parliament. Previously, campaign groups and trade\nunions such as Unison and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have\nrepeatedly demanded legal certainty. They propose a maximum indoor\ntemperature of 30 degrees Celsius for ordinary workers, and 27 degrees\nCelsius for workers performing strenuous physical activity. The health\nimpact of such weather phenomena has been recorded as very significant.\nFor instance, the heatwave that occurred last June is estimated to have\ntriggered around 440 additional deaths per day in England during its\nthree-day peak.<\/p>",
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