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Sky News — Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Thursday 30 July 2026 · 13:00 BST · 30m · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (78%)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham held cross-party talks on social care reform, describing it as personal unfinished business as his father is in a care home with Alzheimer's. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey welcomed the invitation, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was more skeptical and sent shadow health secretary Stuart Andrew. Nigel Farage complained that Reform UK was excluded. The main point of potential breakdown is how to fund any changes, with the Conservatives opposing tax rises.
Wildfires in southwest France have consumed an area four times the size of Paris, and temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius. A wildfire scientist explained that extreme fire behavior, including pyrocumulus clouds, is becoming more common in Europe due to accumulated drought and climate change. Breaking news reported that two firefighters died in a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete. Separately, the Environment Agency declared drought in seven areas of central, eastern, and southern England, describing it as a 'flash drought' caused by a dry spring and summer. The agency called for voluntary water conservation and noted that this is the third drought in five years.
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- 0:37
Contested quote PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus
Our chief political correspondent, John Craig, is in Westminster. Good afternoon to you, John. Well, there seems to be some scepticism whether Andy Burnham's proposals can work across party lines, but what did you make of what Ed Davey had to say there? Well, it's true that he has long campaigned for movement and proposals to tackle the
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 0:37-0:45
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Charged quote PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus
had a pre-planned minor piece of surgery. She sent Stuart Andrew, he's the shadow health secretary. We hope to talk to him shortly. The person who is most miffed is Nigel Farage. He has complained, and I sense that listening to those remarks by Sir Ed, one of the questions was about Mr Farage, although Sir Ed didn't want to answer that one. Mr Farage said
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 2:41-2:54
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Charged quote PM returns from break with renewed cost of living focus
Farage. He has complained, and I sense that listening to those remarks by Sir Ed, one of the questions was about Mr Farage, although Sir Ed didn't want to answer that one. Mr Farage said today, if Andy Burnham is serious about putting politics aside, it's remarkable he's chosen to ignore reform. Mr Farage has accused the Prime Minister of conspiring behind closed doors
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 2:54-3:14
- 4:42 Story begins Western Europe sees hottest June and July on record
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- 13:35
Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 13:35-13:52
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 13:35-13:52
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 13:52-14:03
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 13:52-14:03
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 14:55-15:13
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 14:55-15:13
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
belong to investors it belongs to the people who fill the stands who stand on the touch lines week in week out rain or shine. The World Cup is not a product it is the greatest competition in the world and it was never anyone's to sell. Dress the deal up however you like once you have sold a piece of it you have sold out. Football belongs to the supporters it always has
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 15:53-16:02
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Charged quote PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
interest-free credit made for making the kitchen of your dreams a reality ren made for living more now on the drought that has been declared in seven areas of central eastern and southern england the environment agency says it follows record low levels of rain and high temperatures i'm joined now by director of water at the environment agency and the chairs the national
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 20:07-20:13
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Charged quote PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
these seven warnings that have been issued so what is the threshold that has been crossed to have forced you into this situation so what we're saying now is half of england is now in drought so much of southern and central england is in drought we're calling it a flash drought it's caused by dry and hot weather we had a lovely wet winter i enjoy a wet winter more than most
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 20:33-20:38
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Charged quote PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
people but what's happened since is a very dry and hot spring and and summer and dry weather depletes the water supplies that we have and hot weather means that we use more of it so it's a double whammy which affects our farms it affects wildlife and it affects our water for public use so the environment agency is stepping up its response now monitoring the situation
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 20:57-21:02
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Contested quote PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
we would normally see them at this time of year our groundwater a lot of our water comes from under the ground that's in really good shape so we think we've got enough water to keep us going if everybody takes a little bit of care we'll be fine into the winter when we would expect a good dose of rainfall again and what about those um also under a hose pipe ban i suppose
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 22:51-23:01
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Charged quote PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
increasingly get used to is this the new normal for british summers the new normal is the way i'm describing it this is the third drought in five years that is not normal um and so the the plan for us at the moment is working on the current drought situation also working with the water industry and with farmers to make our water supplies more
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 30 July 2026, 24:55-25:02
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