Steve Reed says climate change will “inevitably lead to more severe weather of the kind we have seen this weekend”.

“I have made it my priority to improve our flood defences and drainage system to keep people and businesses safe,” he says.

“This government inherited flood defences in the worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous government.”

He says over 3,000 flood defences in the UK are “below an acceptable standard”, as he reminds his Tory counterpart Victoria Atkins.

“That is why we are investing £2.4bn over the next two years to build and maintain flood defences,” he adds.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are both on the defensive today, as the prime minister grapples with grim polling numbers and the chancellor faces criticism from the business world.

Here are the main things you need to know:

• The prime minister has admitted he’s “not surprised” by some two million people signing a petition calling for an election rerun;
• Starmer told ITV’s This Morning he often reminds himself “very many people didn’t vote Labour”, with recent polling having suggested he’s now less popular than Nigel Farage;
• “There will be plenty of people who didn’t want us,” the PM said, but he remains focused “on the decisions I have to make every day.”