The Wraysbury Drain is an important, ancient and mostly hidden but abandoned land drainage channel in East Berkshire. Having been blocked for years this waterway is now an elongated lake of stagnant…
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EA testing new flood warning service
The Environment Agency is testing a new flood warning service and looking for volunteers to test the new system. Please note that it is important to know that this is a TEST…
How to respond to a UK Government White Paper
This is an answer from Claude (AI) to a question about the English Devolution White Paper I can offer these suggestions for how to respond to any government white paper: Read the…
English Devolution White Paper
Executive summary England is one of the most centralised countries in the developed world. Devolution across England is fundamental to achieving the change the public expect and deserve: growth, more joined-up delivery…
Surrey (Spelthorne) local government changes
Local government organisation This is an extract from Spelthorne.gov.uk 13 January 2025: The Leaders of the 11 Surrey District & Borough Councils and Leader of Surrey County Council met last week to…
River Thames Scheme project funding at risk due to Surrey County Council conversion into Unitary Authorities?
Could it be that the River Thames Scheme project funding is at risk due to a proposal to convert Surrey County Council into Unitary Authorities? The RTS project (to reduce the probability…
Flood risk management, funding and resilience
There is a detailed Parliamentary Research Briefing Paper dated 5 November 2024 that can be found here This paper incudes detailed information on flood defence expenditure since 2000. There is also a…
Local Flooding – One Year Ago (January 2024)
In January 2024 – we were flooded for the fourth time this century. A detailed BBC report can be found here. Please note the Environment Agency robust denial.
Future Flood and Water Management Legislation Memorandum
This is my response to a Parliamentary Committee consultation dated October 2010. Future Flood and Water Management Legislation Memorandum submitted by Ewan Larcombe (FFW 05) Summary – This submission seeks to consider…