"We are pleased the inquiry highlights the need for better understanding of whether funding to each local authority matches the level of flood risk it faces."
Responding to the findings of the Public Accounts Committee’s report into managing flood risks, Cllr David Renard, environment spokesperson for the Local Government Association, said:
“Flooding events have a devastating impact on households and businesses and councils are seeing first-hand the impact it has on their communities.
“We are pleased the inquiry highlights the need for better understanding of whether funding to each local authority matches the level of flood risk it faces.
“It is also good that the Committee has taken on board the LGA’s suggestion that building regulations should include mandatory flood protection measures in new builds such as raised electrical sockets, fuse boxes and sealed floors.
“Councils agree that more needs to be done to address the difficulties those recently flooded have in getting affordable insurance, and also want to work with government to ensure that reforms to the planning system are able to support sustainable development in areas at high risk of flooding.”