Guardian: Owen Paterson, the Conservative environment secretary, may be blind to the increased risk of flooding across Britain because he is sceptical about climate change science, Labour has said.
Amid warnings of further floods to hit Britain within the next 48 hours, Maria Eagle, the shadow environment secretary, said Paterson had "real questions to answer" about why he was allowing cuts that could affect Britain's ability to deal with severe weather incidents.
She spoke out after Paterson was forced...