Environment secretary ‘hits new low’ with remarks on storm that left hundreds homeless with at least seven people thought to have died
The environment secretary has suggested the damage done by Storm Babet was harder to predict because the rain came in from the east.
Thérèse Coffey’s remarks to the Commons environment committee prompted the Lib Dems to urge her to “get a grip” and “stop blaming everyone else for her failings”.
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