England's flood-hit towns and cities to benefit from funding boost
by Damian Carrington from Environment | The Guardian on (#17E3V)
540m in new funding, announced in George Osborne's budget, means flood defence projects left unbuilt due to previous cuts will now be able to go ahead
English cities and towns left without planned flood defences by government cuts will now get the projects after a surprise 540m boost in funding in Wednesday's budget.
The north of England, devastated by winter floods, will get at least 150m of the new money, giving better protection for thousands of homes.
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