Scottish flood defence cuts criticised as Sepa warns of more flooding
by Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#ZG5H)
Scotland's SNP government urged to review budget cuts to Scottish Environment Protection Agency amid warnings that river levels have yet to peak
The Scottish government has been urged to carry out an urgent review of flood defences as forecasters warned of further flooding in the north-east of the country, with some rivers not peaking until Monday morning.
Scottish Labour made the call as it emerged that the Scottish National party government is to cut the budget of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) - the country's flood-forecasting and risk-management agency - by 6%, or 2.4m, in the next financial year.
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