Good news for flood victims?

Probably not. As you may or may not know the UK has been suffering from extremely heavy rains and severe flooding over the past fortnight. Now the new Environment Secretary, Hillary Benn, has announced a £200 million increase in spending on flood defences. This seems like a considerable sum until one realises that perhaps as much as £1 billion that should have been spent already has failed to make it to the communities most at risk.

I thought the Brown year was going to be spin free. Oh well. I shouldn't have set my expectations so high.