Chancellor George Osborne delivered his 2016 Budget yesterday. The Chancellor confirmed a £700million boost to funding flood defences and schemes in flood-hit regions, including Cumbria. Plans to upgrade the A66 and A69 roads were also announced.
Tim Farron MP says that £43m flood funding for Cumbria is not enough.
He calculates that the flood scheme for Kendal, Burneside and Stavely costs £25m alone:
The council have announced an extra £82.6million of government funding for flood repairs, bring the total fund to just under £122million.
We break down the numbers and ask Floods Minister Rory Stewart, what and where, the money will be spent on.
At least £43m has been assigned to Cumbria out of the government's £700m flood funds boost.