Labour-led Bolton Council has landed itself in hot water after splashing over £1,100 of taxpayers’ cash to fund an Extinction Rebellion “climate café.” In July, the council handed a £1,134 grant to the local XR tree-huggers, ostensibly to host monthly get-togethers to “chat about all matters climate-related”. Sounds riveting…

Billed as a “relaxed and informal” safe space, the café sessions have fuelled outrage among Conservatives who’ve blasted the fact that taxpayers’ hard-earned cash is being recycled into the hands of the eco-warriors. Labour’s habit of burning a hole in the public purse on green causes is raising more than just temperatures…