# Truth Hub Card **MYTH:** Labour's "woke green policies" are making wildfires worse in England. **FACT:** This claim inverts reality. Environmental policies like controlled burns, habitat management, and climate mitigation measures are scientifically proven wildfire prevention strategies, not causes of fires. The rise in UK wildfires is directly linked to climate change—hotter, drier conditions that create tinderbox landscapes. According to the UK Met Office, the frequency of fire weather days has increased significantly since the 1980s due to rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns. The UK Fire and Rescue Services report that the overwhelming majority of wildfires are caused by human activity (discarded cigarettes, barbecues, arson) and are exacerbated by drought conditions created by climate breakdown. Politicizing wildfire management as "woke" obscures the evidence-based approaches fire services actually need: funding for prevention work, early intervention teams, and yes—ecological land management that reduces fuel loads. Countries like Australia and the United States have learned through devastating fire seasons that climate denial and defunding environmental programs costs lives. Labeling firefighting and prevention measures as ideological allows politicians to avoid accountability for inadequate climate action while our landscapes literally burn. The real question isn't whether environmental policies cause fires—it's whether we'll fund the solutions that keep communities safe. **Sources:** Met Office Climate Reports; UK Fire and Rescue Services Statistics; Forestry Commission wildfire research.