North-south divide cited as factor in Yorkshire flooding devastation
by Mark Tran from on (#YZMT)
Yorkshire Evening Post claims floods in Leeds would be 'unthinkable' in London or south-east, as others criticise funding gap
The government has been accused of neglecting its duty to protect northern England from flooding, with one Yorkshire newspaper claiming it would be "unthinkable" that the floods that have affected Leeds, York and Manchester in recent days could ever be seen in London.
The Yorkshire Evening Post fulminates against the government, arguing that ministers would never have allowed the capital or the south-east to be devastated by floods. It said in an editorial:
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