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Tewkesbury suffered extensive damage in the summer 2007 floods
Govt shakes up flood management guidelines

The government has published new guidelines outlining the steps councils need to take to manage flood risks. As many as 11 people died in floods which swept large parts of the Midlands and south Wales in June and July last year – leaving as many as 40,000 families homeless. In response the Department for Communities… Read more »

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Planning bill currently going through parliament
Planning bill attacked in Commons

Local government minister John Healey found his planning bill coming under attack from all sides of the Commons yesterday. Much of the debate focused on the new national policy statements, which will lay out the government’s plans to develop what Mr Healey called “essential infrastructure development”. “They would help to ensure a national debate about,… Read more »