Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warns that Britain is “faced with terrible floods” and says more must be spent on flood defences,river basin management and the Environment Agency. Speaking in York after viewing flood defences on the river Foss which failed on Saturday, he adds ‘cuts in public expenditure are not the reply’. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Getty ImagesWatch: couple’s home floods for fourth time as Storm Frank causes chaos in Scotland
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Source: theguardian.com