Environment Agency to cut staff by 1,550
The Environment Agency has said it is planning to cut the number of staff from 11,250 to around 9,700 by October, leading to fears that it will not be able to cope with serious flooding.
Frontline flood services 'protected despite efficiencies'
The Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says he has been "assured" by the chief executive of the Environment Agency he will have to "make efficiencies" but will do so "with the intention of protecting frontline services concerned with floods".
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