Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – UK politics live

The prime minister said the government is having conversation about emergency preparedness

A DUP minister has said he is confident MP Carla Lockhart will stay in the party despite leaving its main decision-making body amid a row with party leadership over the future of Stormont.

Lockhart is at odds with DUP leader, fellow MP Gavin Robinson, over whether the party should withdraw deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly from the power-sharing executive.