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Floods hit Britain - and cuts set to make things worse
Unions warn of agency job loss false economy
Unions warned yesterday that funding cuts and job losses will leave parts of Britain defenceless if the country faces storms on the scale seen in the past week.
Sixteen severe flood warnings were issued by the Environment Agency yesterday as foul weather hit hard for the third time since Christmas.
The agency's own head waded into the cuts debate by declaring publicly that a 9 per cent government funding cut will see flood defence projects scaled back.
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