Green Infrastructure Investment 2025-01-21
2025-01-21
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Recent flooding in Leatherhead left footpaths near essential services overflooding with sewage, highlighting the need for long-term flood preparations. There are no alternative options to divert water.
Recent flooding in Leatherhead left footpaths near essential services such as train stations overflooding with sewage. In Leatherhead, there are no alternative options to divert water. Given the importance of long-term flood preparations, will the Chancellor commit to securing funding for flood defences beyond 2025-26?
Specific flood defence schemes will be considered in the normal way. When it comes to funding beyond 2025-26, those will be decisions on overall levels of funding that are taken in the spending review later this year.
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Commitment to secure funding for flood defences beyond 2025-26 was not directly addressed
Future Decisions Will Be Made In The Spending Review
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