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Boris Johnson shouted at during visit to flood-hit area

Two onlookers shouted at Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson when he observed relief efforts in a flood-hit district of northern England on Wednesday, several days after the worst of the flooding.

"You took your time, Boris," one person told Johnson as he walked through the area accompanied by local officials, while another asked him: "Where've you been?".


Another resident was more welcoming, telling Johnson: "Go get 'em."

Ahead of a national election on December 12, Britain's two main opposition parties have criticised Johnson and his Conservative government for a slow response to the flooding, which claimed one life last week.

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  • Growth to halt in Q2 and Q3 2026.
  • Consumer confidence drops faster than Ukraine war period.
  • Living standards to fall 0.3 per cent this year.
Britain faces the loss of almost 250,000 jobs as the Iran war delivers the sharpest blow to the jobs market since the pandemic. Unemployment will rise above two million for the first time in more than ten years.

The jobless rate will jump from 5.2 per cent before the conflict to 5.8 per cent next year.

This takes it to levels last seen in 2014. The number of people looking for work will climb from 1.87 million today to over 2.1 million.

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