erebus Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Recently obtained documents show nearly 300 flood defence projects were left unbuilt due to the British government’s spending cuts while thousands of homes in Britain incurred tremendous damage having been flooded over recent weeks. Documents obtained by theGuardian show work on 294 flood defence projects that were in line to receive funding never began while large swaths of the country remain on flood alert. “The government is wringing its hands while the waters rise. The fact is that spending has decreased while flooding has increased. Spending on flooding is clearly not enough”, said Charles Tucker of the National Flood Forum. A total of eight flood warnings and 55 flood alerts across Britain come as up to 10mm of rain an hour fell in parts of Wales, the Midlands, and East Anglia and thousands of homes were flooded, incurring hundreds of millions of pounds of damage. Meanwhile, the Guardian reported that the 294 flood defence projects that had indicative funding in 2010 to begin work in the following two years have received no funding at all. The spending cuts and flooded homes in Britain come as official figures show the London Olympic Games, which are to begin in nearly two weeks, will cost British taxpayers over £9 billion while independent investigations show the figure could be as high as £24 billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane39 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 They don't care as long as London aint affected. Stop overseas aid,and spend it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Recently obtained documents show nearly 300 flood defence projects were left unbuilt due to the British government’s spending cuts while thousands of homes in Britain incurred tremendous damage having been flooded over recent weeks. Documents obtained by theGuardian show work on 294 flood defence projects that were in line to receive funding never began while large swaths of the country remain on flood alert. “The government is wringing its hands while the waters rise. The fact is that spending has decreased while flooding has increased. Spending on flooding is clearly not enough”, said Charles Tucker of the National Flood Forum. A total of eight flood warnings and 55 flood alerts across Britain come as up to 10mm of rain an hour fell in parts of Wales, the Midlands, and East Anglia and thousands of homes were flooded, incurring hundreds of millions of pounds of damage. Meanwhile, the Guardian reported that the 294 flood defence projects that had indicative funding in 2010 to begin work in the following two years have received no funding at all. The spending cuts and flooded homes in Britain come as official figures show the London Olympic Games, which are to begin in nearly two weeks, will cost British taxpayers over £9 billion while independent investigations show the figure could be as high as £24 billion. The environment agency say different saying nothing has been cancelled as I suppose they would. Can you (or the guardian) give specific examples or are just raging against the machine whilst doing precious little else ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoPro Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The OP is rubbish. Let's be honest. Some people got a bit wetter than expected and now you're all mardy. It's actually a benefit because some filthy Guardian reading hippies finally got a wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes10 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 It would be nice if the OP give links to his/her sources instead of cutting & pasting quotes of newspaper articles and having a general rant. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/14/flood-defence-schemes-unbuilt Have a read of extreme weather events around the world on the following link http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats and local MP for Kendal, where a £325,000 scheme for the River Kent failed to materialise. Assuming this scheme would protect 100 properties that’s only £3250 per property, so it would make sense for each property to contribute to the cost of the scheme. The more properties the scheme would protect the cheaper it is for each property. I am responsible for protecting my property from the weather, burglary, so I don’t see why people that own properties in areas that flood shouldn't be responsible for protecting their properties from a flood, it shouldn't be down to the tax payer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The big Sheffield flood was in 2007. Labour lost the election in 2010. They had three years to do these flood defence projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The big Sheffield flood was in 2007. Labour lost the election in 2010. They had three years to do these flood defence projects. They just made the promise to spend money knowing full well they wouldn’t have the responsibility of having to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Very true, like with the school BSF projects. All those poor teachers at a certain un-named school were expecting a free iPad each and were outraged when the scheme was halted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Great to see L***s didn't get theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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