The Fire Brigades Union’s in Norbiton revealed crews failed to respond to 72 calls in Nottinghamshire in a single day at the height of Storm Babet last week.

And it believes that would’ve been a similar story across the country.

The FBU says services in England have no legal duty to attend flooding incidents, and argues they’re ‘dangerously overstretched’.

In Retford, water in Craig’s kitchen was above his knees.

Ministers insist a record five-point-two billion pounds will have gone into protecting homes from floods by 2027.