Boris Johnson heckled over floods but does not apologise for 'slow response'

Government working 'round the clock' to help deluged regions, prime minister says

Boris Johnson declined to apologise over his government's slow response to the flooding across parts of the north of England, insisting that a huge amount of work was going on to help and compensate victims.

The prime minister faced difficult questions over whether enough had been spent on flood defences in deluged regions of Yorkshire, the east Midlands and Lincolnshire, after giving a speech on how he would give billions of pounds to research and development.