Inside Politics: Boris Johnson faces deluge of dissent over flood defences

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The show must go on. Elton John was forced to cut short a gig in New Zealand after falling ill with pneumonia – but he’ll be back as soon as his voice heals. Daniel Craig’s publicity tour of China has been scrapped because of the coronavirus – but he’ll be touring as much of the globe as possible to promote No Time to Die. Boris Johnson would no doubt dearly love to rest his voice, ditch his schedule and quarantine himself off in the Caribbean, but the PM has a mounting in-tray of problems to manage. He has to finalise the Budget, decide on a negotiating position for EU trade talks, and show he’s on top of another flooding crisis. No time to slouch. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s Inside Politics newsletter.

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