AA - Climate, Farage, Shops
Any Questions? and Any Answers?

AA - Climate, Farage, Shops

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 15, 202640 min

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is the right response? Is the government doing enough to mitigate the impact of climate change?

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been affected by the wildfires. What has it been like? What has been your experience?

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Hello, I'm Alex Forsythe. Thank you for downloading BBC Radio 4's Any Answers, the sister programme to any questions. Hello and welcome to the programme. Well, if you're in England or Wales, you probably received that emergency alert on your mobile phone last night, warning of

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the risk of wildfires. In the past few days, homes have been burnt, people have been hospitalised in the West Midlands and there's been extensive damage in other parts of the country. So what is the right response? Is the government doing enough to mitigate the impact of climate change? Are net zero targets the right approach? I'd particularly like to hear from you if you've

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been affected by the wildfires. What has it been like? What has been your experience? me a call. 03700 100 444. Nigel Farage won the Clacton by-election that he triggered after questions over his finances. But how much of a victory is this for the Reform UK leader? The parliamentary investigation into the £5 million gift he received will now

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