More cash and better planning are urgently needed to stop future floods wreaking the type of devastation seen across the UK last summer, a report has warned.
Sir Michael Pitt, the man asked to assess the response to last summer’s floods has finally published his long-awaited report – and he says many lessons need to be learned.
His overriding message will be that the lack of preparation last year must be addressed without delay, and he has included 92 recommendations to ensure this happens. He told Sky News: “What we are arguing is that we were not well prepared last summer for the scale of flooding that took place.”
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