Flood-hit Hull a 'forgotten city'

Hull has become the "forgotten city" after suffering some of the worst flooding damage, the BBC reports today.

Council leader Carl Minns said it could take two years for the city to recover.

"We are the forgotten city in this disaster," said Mr Minns who has called for urgent government help for the 17,000 properties affected.

Some £18m is being earmarked for repairs to thousands of wrecked homes.

Mr Minns said: "What we have in Sheffield and Doncaster is terrible and my heart-felt sympathy goes out to those people.

"But their problems have been fairly localised, whereas ours is spread right across the city. Hull also needs help.

"We are starting to rebuild but the city won't recover for around two years.

"The Government needs to help this city with a large injection of capital, otherwise this city will not recover."

Are MPs going to vote £2.5bn away to the audit-failing EU - by approving the EU budget deal - while that money is clearly urgently needed not only to provide relief and support in areas hit by the recent terrible flooding, but also to help ensure it doesn't happen again?

Now more than ever it's time for MPs to demonstrate a high degree of responsibility with scarce public funds.