David Cameron is to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency Cobra committee on Monday to assess the response to the floods in north-west England.
Emergency services remain stretched as they call on extra resources to cope with floods caused by Storm Desmond during the weekend. Strong winds and heavy rain tore through Britain and a major incident was declared in Cumbria, the worst affected county. At least 60,000 homes were left without power and many are now lacking clean water.
As the Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, called on the government to provide additional funding for flood repairs, the prime minister pledged that the government would do all it could to help those affected by the floods.