CIWEM have commented on the Government Announcements – http://www.ciwem.org/information-and-resources/press–media/news-list/2014/dec/the-autumn-statement-is-already-forgetting-the-floods-of-last-winter.aspx
Guardian ‘Treasury plans to spend from £2.3bn budget on improving protection for 300,000 homes over six years More than 1,400 flood defence projects are to receive funding to provide better protection from flooding for hundreds of thousands of homes. The Treasury is detailing projects that will receive a share of the £2.3bn already earmarked for capital spending on flood defences over the next six years to improve protection for 300,000 homes, as part of plans for range of infrastructure investments. The spending on flood defences includes major investments in areas such as the Humber Estuary, where £80m will be spent, and £196m for a programme in the Thames Estuary.
Ministers are also committing to spend £15.5m on flood defences in Somerset over the next six years, which they hope will benefit 7,000 properties, including £4.2m on the Somerset Levels and Moors which were badly hit by flooding last winter.’ Click link to read more