Osbourne announces £50m flood fundGovernment rejected advice from climate change advisersMet Office warns of further flooding in north-west EnglandGovernment facing criticism over delayed flood defencesRead the latest summary
5.57pm GMTWe are closing this live blog; here are today’s main points. 5.39pm GMTTim Farron,the Lib Dem leader, has fleshed out his concept for owners of second homes to open their doors to flood victims, and in a piece for the Guardian. He also urged the government to discover again at flood schemes across the country to design certain they are fit for purpose.
Many local people absorb already helped out by offering shelter to flood victims in the immediate aftermath of the floods; however,moving beyond the immediate problem, many of these families are now looking to find temporary properties to live in until their own homes are once more habitable. South Lakeland has the third highest proportion of second homes of any local authority in the country, and with thousands of holiday homes in the area. It would be fantastic if second-domestic owners whose properties would otherwise be sitting empty were willing to design these available to those whose homes absorb been destroyed. We absorb already had over a dozen concrete offers of help,while many more absorb expressed an interest.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com