Kerry McCarthy MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, commenting on the ongoing flooding, said:=

“I am pleased the Prime Minister has said the Government will look again at whether they have spent enough on flood defences. But this isn’t good enough.

“We need proper resources spent on flood defences, not the cuts we have seen over the last five years. This year alone the flood protection budget has been cut by £115 million.

“It’s not fair on communities up down this country blighted by flooding for the government to cut first, and think later.”