Fewer Properties Protected From Floods as Government Funds Hit by Inflation

Published on November 15, 2023

The government will be able to better protect 40 percent fewer properties from flooding damages by 2027, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. The UK has been recently battered by storms Babet and Ciaran, which put people’s lives at risk and caused flooding and coastal erosion. Last year, the country experienced three storms in February—Dudley, Eunice and Franklin—that affected hundreds of properties. A report by NAO, published on Wednesday, said that the number of properties that will be protected from damages by 2027 has been reduced from 336,000 to 200,000. The reduction is taking place despite a £5.2 billion capital funding in England by the government in its commitment to a six-year flood and coastal erosion programme....

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