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National Alerts Should Be Used ‘Sparingly’ | Matthew Pennycook
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August 17, 2026
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10:27Now Playing“It's got to be used sparingly, but this is a really serious problem and I think if that alert stopped even one fire, one loss of property or risk to life, I think it was worth it.”
Housing and planning minister, Matthew Pennycook has said that Friday evening’s national alert was “an appropriate use of that system” and that if it “stopped even one fire, one loss of property or risk to life, it was worth it.”
Matthew Pennycook was speaking to Rosie Wright sitting in for Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 6am-10am.
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