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Darling faces insurer demand for UK flood-defence spending

INSURERS have challenged newly appointed UK chancellor, Alistair Darling, to prioritise an increase in flood-defence spending as it emerged the industry’s bill from this week’s floods is likely to exceed £500m ($1bn).

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