Boris Johnson explains decision not to visit flood-hit communities sooner
The Prime Minister visited communities across Worcestershire
Boris Johnson has sought to explain his decision not to visit flood-hit communities during the height of this year's flooding.
The Prime Minister met people affected by severe weather in Worcestershire on Sunday afternoon following heavy criticism over his failure to make a trip when waters were at their peak.
He said it was "too easy" for a PM to "come to a place in a middle of an emergency", but that it was "not so easy, frankly, for the emergency services".
Speaking on the banks of the River Severn in Bewdley where he viewed flood defences, he told reporters: "What they have to do is then break off and gold command has to find somewhere to brief you, everybody has to gather. They're diverting from their work for hours and hours.
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