{
  "id": 636947,
  "title": "UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/uk-heatwaves-may-have-cost-economy-4-4bn-in-lost-output-so-far-this",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/12/heatwaves-uk-cost-economy-lost-output-thinktank"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis shows. Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June’s unseasonally hot weather had an economic cost of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}