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Welcoming the Chancellor’s decision to increase tax insurance to pay for flood defences, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “More funding for flood defences should help save people the pain of washed out homes and businesses. “During the recent storms, when flood defences were breached and rivers burst their banks, at times there weren’t enough […]

The holiday season saw members across northern England and Scotland scramble to deal with floods. But flood defence is a year-round job

UNISON calls on government to maintain Aagency funding in wake of floods

As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members