Councils ‘will have to cut key services to pay for UK storm damage’

Local authorities faced with huge bills to repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure

Councils will have to cut key services to pay for the soul-destroying" damage caused by three unprecedented storms across the UK, local leaders have said.

Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin brought hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to large parts of the UK in the past week, leaving more than 1m homes without power and hundreds under water.