Winter floods could batter England again if cuts not reversed, MPs warn

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Funding doesn't reflect increased flood risk driven by climate change, report finds

The devastating floods of last winter could hit England again unless government funding cuts to flood defence budgets are reversed, MPs warned environment secretary, Owen Paterson, on Tuesday. "Overall...

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