Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the Government’s emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused widespread wildfires and plunged many parts of the country into drought. The Prime Minister will meet with ministers, officials and agencies as high temperatures continue across the UK on Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures of 33C forecast, and up to 38C on Thursday. A No 10 spokesman said: "The Prime Minister will chair a meeting of COBR - the government emergency committee - this afternoon on the UK’s ongoing response to extreme heat, wildfires and drought. Rare amber "extreme heat" warning have been issued for London and parts of the South East, East Midlands, East of England, West Midlands and South Yorkshire from 9am to midnight on Thursday. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has repeatedly criticised the Prime Minister for not calling a crisis meeting to deal with the heatwave.