Government cuts flood defence spending

At Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday 17 November David Cameron stated that the government were spending £2.1 billion on flood protection and that this was the same as Labour had spent over the last 4 years.  In fact Labour spent £2.36 billion over the last 4 years and the Environment Secretary has admitted it is a cut even before you take into account the effects of 4% inflation each year. 

Read about the real level of flood defence cuts in the Observer here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/21/flood-defence-cuts-anger

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/nov/24/flood-defence-cuts-facts-spin