Boris Johnson accused of 'outrageous' lack of concern about floods

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3. The difficult questions and some choice home truths came today:

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Joe Pike ✔
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NEW: @BorisJohnson is finally visiting South Yorkshire this morning - six days after the flooding hit.

He is doing one pooled interview and not talking to regional media. @itvcalendar | #GE19 | #Floods

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WATCH: ‘It’s took you over five days. You should have been there Saturday morning having a meeting... and I’m sorry your announcements yesterday were a pittance.’

Residents in flood-hit Stainforth tell @BorisJohnson what they think of his govt’s response.@itvcalendar | #Floods

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'You didn't see them, little girls from Fishlake with no shoes on their feet'

A resident gives an emotional account as Boris Johnson visits flood-hit Yorkshire

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'Are you going to put it back, what's been cut over austerity?'

Another resident asks Boris Johnson whether he will provide more funding to Doncaster council.

The prime minister says, 'we are increasing funding for councils, I don't know the exact figures'.

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That presumably is the funding covered here - Towns fund boosts Tory-held marginals over poorest areas

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Joe Pike ✔
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WATCH: We weren’t invited. But we turned up anyway.

Here’s some of our coverage of what happened when @BorisJohnson visited flood-hit communities in South Yorkshire today:@itvcalendar | #GE19 | #Floods

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Otto English @Otto_English

Boris Johnson thinks he can pitch up for 10 minutes, shake some hands, deploy some Old Etonian charm and win votes courtesy of the BBC cameras. This woman ain't having it - and she's a hero.

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