Telegraph: Flood victims could be unable to return to their homes for more than a year as repairs are carried out, insurers have warned the government.
Ministers were told at a Downing Street summit that it could take an average of six to nine months for flooded home to be repaired and redocrated.
In some cases, however, the damage and contamination cold be so severe that it could take up to 14 months to repair.
The insurers criticised Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, after he suggested that a year...