Councils ‘will have to cut key services to pay for UK storm damage’
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WJ7K)
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.
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