POLL OF THE DAY: Are Labour's environmental policies to blame for record wildfires?

Published: 12:00, 13 August 2026 | Updated: 12:04, 13 August 2026 A record year for wildfires has been blamed on Labour's environmental policies. Some 1,017 infernos have ravaged England and Wales this year – already as many as there were in the whole of 2025, the previous worst year. With temperatures forecast to hit 38C today, campaigners say the Government has ignored warnings that its policies have turned swathes of countryside into tinderboxes. They say Labour's rewilding drive, which involves allowing nature to look after itself without human interference, has caused a huge build-up of dry vegetation primed to ignite in heatwaves. Defra says its policies are a 'long-term' solution, but what do you think? Vote in the Daily Mail's latest poll here: In yesterday's poll, Mail readers were asked: 'Should middle class areas have to take in more migrants, as Andy Burnham says?' Out of more than 8,000 votes, 79 per cent of you said 'no' and 21 per cent said 'yes'.