Green MP Hannah Spencer aims to pass law on maximum workplace temperatures

Green MP Hannah Spencer is introducing legislation in Parliament that would set maximum workplace temperatures across the UK. The Guardian reports the bill would create an independent body to recommend safe temperature thresholds and establish how to implement them. Spencer frames the move as essential worker protection, citing the dangers posed by increasingly severe heatwaves.

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