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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rebecca Speare-Cole

More than 24,000 properties better protected from floods, Government says

A flooded Garden along the swollen River Severn (Nick Potts/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than 24,000 homes and businesses have been better protected from floods across England because of recent works to boost resilience, the Government has announced.

Ministers said the Environment Agency has completed work on 151 flood schemes – such as building new defences or improvements to existing ones – in the 12 months from July last year, when Labour came into power.

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