Government warned about funding cuts weeks before Yorkshire floods
by Rajeev Syal from on (#Z0YA)
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The government was warned by its own advisory body that a funding gap could leave swaths of the north vulnerable to flooding just weeks before the deluge this Christmas, official documents show.
Prof Colin Mellors, head of the Yorkshire regional flood and coastal committee (RFCC), said funding cuts could mean discontinuing some flood defences, according to minutes on the government's website.
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