UK set to double funding for flood action, Treasury says

Britain is expected to double spending on flood defenses to 5.2 billion pounds (...

FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street in London, Britain February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

The additional funding - more than a billion more than originally promised by the government - would help build 2,000 new flood and coastal defense schemes, better protecting 336,000 properties in England, the Treasury said. The Met Office has said last month was the wettest February on record for the United Kingdom, with a succession of storms bringing widespread flooding to many areas of the country.

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