Brown's £14m for flood-hit North 'is not enough'

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But residents and critics claimed it was too little and had not been pledged swiftly enough.

Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne said: "Judging by my visit to Hull on Tuesday, the Prime Minister's measures may not be enough.

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The village of Catcliffe in South Yorkshire was built beside land which would normally act as a flood plain

"We need a specific commitment from the Government to support capital spending when complete reconstruction is more cost-effective than patching and mending.

"Households on benefits need particular and rapid help to replace furnishings contaminated by sewage in the flood water."

Details of the scheme were released by the Government as the Prime Minister arrived in Toll Bar, the Doncaster village badly hit by the flooding. It includes £10million for local authorities to support recovery work, including getting people who have lost everything back on their feet.

Another £3million will go towards repairing roads and bridges and a £1 million contingency fund has been set up to help replace essential household items for vulnerable individuals.

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The home strait: Toll Bar, South Yorkshire

From Toll Bar, Mr Brown moved on to Hull and spent 20 minutes viewing Thorpepark Primary School. Sherilee Jepmond, 40, a parent governor at the school, stood with her son Chandler, nine, and told Mr Brown:

"We want you to take back what you have seen and act on it quickly. We want it to be re-opened as quickly as possible."

Hull East MP John Prescott, who was with Mr Brown, was also criticised. He had not returned home to meet his constituents on the days when the damage was caused to 10,000 homes.

When asked about it, he told reporters: "I don't speak to the Press. Go away. Cover Brown's visit. I don't matter any more. Don't spoil my day."

Hull City councillor Terry Geraghty, who met Mr Brown in the school, said: "Hull was forgotten in the war - we are being forgotten again now."

The school has been closed for almost a fortnight and will not re-open until September. That prompted head teacher Mary Wallace to tell Mr Brown: "My biggest concern is the children's education. The local authority needs money quickly."

Mr Brown joined survivors and relatives of those killed in the July 7 bombings at a memorial service near London's King's Cross station to mark the second anniversary of the attack, in which 52 people died.