Archive: Flooding

Comment: Flood defence cuts are no solution to a growing crisis

Gavin Shuker MP is the shadow flooding minister

With Defra offering no care and no responsibility on the dangers of flooding, who will pick up the pieces when reality hits?

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Friends of the Earth: Reforms allowing floodplain construction must be dropped

Friends of the Earth: Reforms allowing floodplain construction must be dropped

Friends of the Earth's director of policy and campaigns Craig Bennett responds to the public accounts committee's report on flood management in England, which warns of uncertainty about who will pay:

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MPs: Flooding responsibility question-marks are unacceptable

MPs: Flooding responsibility question-marks are unacceptable

The public accounts committee's chair Margaret Hodge explains the thinking behind its report on flood management:

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Insurers: Safety net needed for flooding risk

Insurers: Safety net needed for flooding risk

The Association of British Insurers' director-general Otto Thoresen outlines the industry's problems with regard to flooding risk:

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