Government response

Eric Pickles' update following 27 February COBR meeting

Eric Pickles' update on the latest situation on the UK floods.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Transport, Environment Agency, and The Rt Hon Lord Pickles
• Published: 27 February 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

I chaired this evening’s meeting of the government emergency committee (COBR) and received an update on the latest situation regarding the floods.

Further groundwater flooding is unfortunately expected over the coming days in the south and southeast, and may be an issue for some months to come. Local resilience forums continue to assess the risk to property.

In Somerset work continues round the clock to pump away water and support people to get back into their homes and businesses as soon as possible.

Across affected areas all agencies are working well together and extensive efforts are being made to repair and protect damaged properties and infrastructure.

I want to thank everyone involved for their continued work and would like to reassure the public that we are doing everything we can to support the recovery process.

Published 27 February 2014