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Stephen Gilbert MP

Steve Gilbert MP writes…Government must wake up to the flood insurance risk

By Stephen Gilbert MP | Mon 2nd April 2012 - 9:24 am

In 1952 a flood ripped through the Devon village of Lynmouth wrecking scores of homes, taking the lives of dozens of people and costing millions in rebuilding work. In 2010 Cornwall was hit by flash-flooding with hundreds of homes and businesses devastated across the south of my constituency.

In the 50-odd years between the two events most parts of our country were hit by floods at some point. Over five million people in the UK are now at risk of flooding from …

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