Crumbling coastlines: 520,000 coastal homes and business at risk of seaside flooding

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Hundreds of thousands of properties in England are in danger from coastal flooding and erosion, the UK's independent climate change watchdog has warned. A policy overhaul is urgently needed to mitigate...

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