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		</div><p>The British Prime Minister was met with heckles as he arrived in Worcestershire, in the English Midlands, to see efforts to tackle flooding.</p>
<p>Boris Johnson arrived on the banks of the River Severn in Bewdley this afternoon and was taken to view flood defences by Environment Agency staff.</p>
<p>Some onlookers shouted “traitor” at Mr Johnson, who has faced criticism for failing to visit flood-hit communities sooner.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boris Johnson has arrived in Bewdley, Worcestershire, to visit the ongoing flood recovery efforts. </p>
<p>He was greeted with heckles of “traitor” from the waiting public as he went to view the still erected flood barriers <a href="https://t.co/CGJGuDiKoW">pic.twitter.com/CGJGuDiKoW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Caitlin Doherty (@_CaitlinDoherty) <a href="https://twitter.com/_CaitlinDoherty/status/1236655615965085696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Bewdley has been among the worst-hit areas in England following the wettest February on record.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson said he would “get Bewdley done” as he spoke to residents affected by the floods.</p>
<p>He said he was “so sorry to hear it” when he heard homes had been overwhelmed by as much as 2ft of water.</p>
<p>The PM spoke to the UK&#8217;s Environment Agency and said they discussed “what permanent defences can we put in and what’s the business case”.</p>
<p>He added: <em>“What we’re doing is we are doubling the funding for flood defences to £5.2 billion and we’re also going to be looking at all the things we can do upstream.”</em></p>
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