Fury as Pickles says aid abroad stops floods here

A cabinet minister sparked fury last night after claiming that giving billions of pounds to the Third World would help prevent flooding in Britain.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles rejected demands from Tory MPs that the overseas aid budget be raided to help stricken areas of the West Country, claiming that the money would help curb global warming.

His claims prompted anger among residents whose homes are under water and from Conservatives, who branded the claims ‘nonsense’.

Sharon Saunders, 45, a barmaid from Bridgwater, Somerset, which is at risk of being overwhelmed by flood water, said: ‘Eric Pickles has lost the plot. Charity begins at home and we need to sort this place out before we doing anything else.

‘He needs to come down here for himself and see what it’s like before diverting money anywhere else.’

Helen Marsell, 47, a retail worker from Bridgwater, said: ‘The Government is very quick to jump on the bandwagon for aid donations when something bad happens in another country, but when a disaster strikes here their attitude is, “Oh, it’s only our country, we don’t need to worry about it”.’

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Tory MPs are demanding cash from Britain’s £11billion-a-year aid budget is diverted to help people stricken by the floods.

But Mr Pickles rejected that plan as a ‘populist hit’ and added: ‘If it is truly global warming, then aid we’re offering in other parts of the world could well have an effect in terms of the things that happen in this country.’




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