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UK politics: Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – as it happened
UK NewsPolitics•October 23, 2026 at 3:50 PMNational

UK politics: Andy Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ – as it happened

By Harry Taylor (now and earlier) and Martin Belam (earlier)•The Guardian - UK News

The prime minister said the government is having conversation about emergency preparednessA 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. Continue reading...

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.

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