Government slashes flood-defence funding further

Richard Benyon

The government has cut the budget for maintaining flood defences and clearing rivers from £68m to £39m, flooding Minister Richard Benyon revealed in a parliamentary written answer.

According to the data, the government had allocated £68m to the maintenance of flood defences from 2008 up to 2010, £57m for the 2010-2011 period and £53m for 2011-2012.

This year the government

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