'Victims of Storm Babet must be cared for by penny-pinching insurance companies'

23 October 2023 , 21:45

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Victims of the flooding must be cared for (Image: PA)

Left behind after Babet

Heartbreaking tales of deaths, lost homes, destruction and ruined businesses are why victims of the Storm Babet flooding must be looked after.

Too regularly in the past we have heard talk but witnessed little action from inadequate Ministers. This time we must shame them, force them if necessary, into walking the walk so people are helped to rebuild shattered lives. Highly profitable insurance companies must give fair payouts instead of penny-pinching. Petty quibbles about claims in cynical attempts to wear down householders, who funded policies in the good times to be covered in the bad, must be stopped.

Extreme weather will occur more often as a result of human-fuelled climate change which means how we handle it is a concern of us all. Nobody must be abandoned and left behind as flood warnings remain in place.

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