Political row over climate impacts escalates as flood waters continue to rise

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Ed Davey to launch attack on "climate change-denying... wilfully ignorant, head-in-the-sand, nimby-ist conservatism"

The political row over the extent to which the UK is prepared for climate change impacts is set to escalate further today, even as emergency services across the country lead the clean-up effort following...

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