Budget: cash for flood defences to be doubled
by Toby Helm from on (#50D1M)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce an increase in spending from 2.6bn to 5.2bn this week
The government is to double spending on flood defences in this week's budget after recent storms caused havoc across the country and drove thousands from their homes.
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will announce an increase from 2.6bn to 5.2bn in spending on flood defences between 2015 and 2021. He will tell MPs that the money will give protection to 336,000 homes in England and allow 2,000 new flood and coastal defence schemes to be built.
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