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Flood Control: Finance

Asked by Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 82195

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding for rainwater management strategies in the Autumn Budget 2025.

Answered by James Murray

The Chancellor will set out any new policy at the Autumn Budget in the usual way.

The Government is already investing a record £10.5bn to build new flood defences and repair existing defences. This is the largest flood programme in history and will protect nearly 900,000 properties from the devastation of flooding.

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