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Government must not ‘shrug their shoulders’ at flood defences, Labour warns
Soldiers from The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland in Mytholmroyd to assist with flood defences, in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire

THE government must not “shrug their shoulders” as homes are flooded by Storm Dennis, Labour has warned.

Shadow environment minister Luke Pollard said on Saturday that the government must admit that it needs to be more proactive in tackling the kind of flooding caused by the storm, which ravaged the country this weekend.

He also said that the government must develop new strategies for dealing with the growing problems of extreme weather.

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