Waiting for the flood: Inflation wreaks havoc on UK flood defence programme

James Murray
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Waiting for the flood: Inflation wreaks havoc on UK flood defence programme

National Audit Office warns the number of properties set to receive improved flood protection has been slashed by 40 per cent, leaving thousands of homes at risk

The floods are coming. Everyone knows this to be true, just as everyone knows that the resulting costs will be severe. And yet plans to tackle this looming threat are faltering badly. The National...

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