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06/07/2007
Brown pledges emergency aid for flood victims
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that disaster funds will be made available to those affected by the June floods in South Yorkshire and Hull.
Speaking in his first live television interview since becoming Prime Minister last week, Mr Brown told GMTV that the priority was to "help people get back into their homes" and to "do more about getting the schools back working".
Assistance will be provided to help emergency services and local authorities get things back to normal "as quickly as possible", the Prime Minister said, and council leaders were being consulted on "specific problems".
Around 31,000 people are believed to have been affected by the floods, with 17,000 of them being in Hull, Mr Brown said.
He said: "I feel really sorry for individuals, some of them still staying in temporary accommodation obviously, and we will do what we can, and have been doing over the last few days doing what we can to help.
"We've got to help people who've got probably big insurance claims, some people are not insured. And I know the funds have been set up - the disaster funds - so we will do something to help them."
On Friday, the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters said that the amount of claims resulting from June's floods could total £1.5 billion.
The CILA calculated that domestic claims would reach £825 million, with claims from businesses would amount to £680 million.
The Prime Minister is due to visit the region in the coming days. Health Secretary Alan Johnson, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and new Floods Minister John Healey have all visited the affected areas in Sheffield and Hull.
(KMcA)
Speaking in his first live television interview since becoming Prime Minister last week, Mr Brown told GMTV that the priority was to "help people get back into their homes" and to "do more about getting the schools back working".
Assistance will be provided to help emergency services and local authorities get things back to normal "as quickly as possible", the Prime Minister said, and council leaders were being consulted on "specific problems".
Around 31,000 people are believed to have been affected by the floods, with 17,000 of them being in Hull, Mr Brown said.
He said: "I feel really sorry for individuals, some of them still staying in temporary accommodation obviously, and we will do what we can, and have been doing over the last few days doing what we can to help.
"We've got to help people who've got probably big insurance claims, some people are not insured. And I know the funds have been set up - the disaster funds - so we will do something to help them."
On Friday, the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters said that the amount of claims resulting from June's floods could total £1.5 billion.
The CILA calculated that domestic claims would reach £825 million, with claims from businesses would amount to £680 million.
The Prime Minister is due to visit the region in the coming days. Health Secretary Alan Johnson, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and new Floods Minister John Healey have all visited the affected areas in Sheffield and Hull.
(KMcA)
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