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Ed Miliband to call for faster flooding insurance claims

Insurance bosses will meet ministers to discuss their response to the flood crisis. Victims have received £14m in emergency payments so far. Ed Miliband will call for faster processing of insurance claims when he too meets industry representatives.

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'Significant risk' of more flooding across England

A flooded road near Chertsey in Surrey Credit: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Hundreds of areas are at risk of new flooding today as high tides and winds arrive, the Environment Agency is warning.

189 flood warnings, 293 alerts are currently in place across England and Wales.

Almost fully submerged headstone in Moorland Credit: REUTERS/Toby Melville

England faced the wettest January since 1766, and with the ground already saturated, further rainfall is increasing flood risk across the country, especially in the south.

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