The Environment Agency has published the Fens flood risk management baseline report - the report is the outcome of phase 1 of flood risk management work which started 3 years ago, to develop a shared understanding of the flood risk challenges in the Great Ouse Fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is warning that the Government is simply not doing enough to protect the UK’s current housing stock from floods or stepping in to prevent new homes being built on flood plains.

Funding for flood defences in the UK is set to double to £5.2 billion in this week's Budget.

The Environment Agency has updated its guidance setting out how risk management authorities can account for climate change within their flood and coastal erosion risk management investment decisions.

The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has today announced an inquiry into future flood prevention in England following severe flooding this winter.

The UK Government has endorsed the House of Commons  Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee  view that investment in flood prevention is preferable to spending on clean-up.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has compared spending on flood defences to investment in broadband and mobile phone networks as a method of stimulating economic growth in the UK.

Around £700,000 has been awarded by the Environment Agency (EA) for the construction of the first of three detention basins in and around Thatcham, Berkshire.