Sadiq Khan vows action to protect London bus drivers after heatwave misery

The Mayor of London has vowed to update regulations meant to protect the rights of the capital’s bus drivers as he admitted that current legislation “isn’t fit for purpose”. Sir Sadiq Khan said it was important to recognise the conditions that frontline workers across the city have to work in, especially in scorching temperatures. He cited the lack of regulations around extreme heat for workers, including the non-existence of a maximum temperature in which bus drivers can operate in. In recent weeks reports have emerged around bus drivers suffering in their sweltering cabins when on shift in the recent spate of heatwaves, including one who c…