Cuts to flood funding shows Government has got it wrong – Sue Hayman MP

Sue
Hayman MP, Labour’s
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, responding
to the Lancashire floods, said:

“As people
in Lancashire deal with the aftermath of today’s floods, the Government’s £115m
cuts to flood funding this year shows they have called it dangerously
wrong yet again.

“With
flood management funding at a four year low, many communities are
facing the very real prospect of losing their homes this winter as the Tories
fail yet again to get a grip on the situation.

“Labour
would give the Fire and Rescue Services a statutory duty to coordinate and
respond to floods and would invest in better flood management.”