Climate change outlook sparks calls for increased government flood spend

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A report predicting a dramatic increase in European flood risk exposure due to climate change has prompted calls for the UK government to up its spending on flood defences.

According to the fifth report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the UK is expected to be among the countries worst hit by flooding by the 2080s.

The report, titled Climate Change 2014

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