Victims of flooding voice anger over officials’ failure to meet for six years

Flood victims and farmers have reacted angrily after it emerged that government officials charged with tackling the flood crisis did not meet for up to six years.

During the period from 2009 until the middle of last year, there have been five major floods, two people have died, and thousands of homes, farms, and businesses have been destroyed.

However, inspectors in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (C&AG) office found officials in control of “flood risk and response” did not sit down together from 2009 until July 2015.