Britain’s national security is in danger due to the government’s ‘lax’ approach to extreme weather events like Storm Arwen, a report has revealed.
‘We have found the government has very little grip on a critical national security risk,’ the committee, which is made up of senior MPs and peers, reported. Evidence was also taken during last summer’s heatwave when the UK was facing significant rail disruptions, flight delays and power cuts due to another extreme weather event.
Stormy seas at the breakwater on the Headland, Hartlepool, County Durham as Storm Arwen battered the north east coast ‘It is hard to imagine the government taking such a lax approach to any other recognised national security risk.’