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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anthony France

Flood victims need urgent help, council leaders tell Therese Coffey

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has been told Londoners “cannot wait any longer” for her to protect them when their homes are flooded.

Councillors from four boroughs wrote to Ms Coffey warning some have seen insurance premiums double without reforms to her department’s eligibility criteria for claims.

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