Summer 2009 will go down as a seminal moment for flood defence in England. Simply, it was the moment the Environment Agency made it clear that for the protection of lives, property and the economy, spending on flood defence has to soar.rnBacked by the latest climate change predictions, the Agency calculated that flood defence spending must double to £1bn a year by 2035 to ensure that protection is maintained for the one in six homes now at risk of flooding in England.
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