Environment committee to take over the handling of flooding issues

REFORM UK has scrapped a flooding committee on its first day in charge of Lincolnshire County Council, despite pleas from other parties to save it. The new administration said the change would save money and simplify the council without harming efforts to fight flooding.

- BY JAMIE WALLER Local Democracy Reporter

REFORM UK has scrapped a flooding committee on its first day in charge of Lincolnshire County Council, despite pleas from other parties to save it. The new administration said the change would save money and simplify the council without harming efforts to fight flooding.

The Flood and Water Management Scrutiny Committee previously allowed councillors to hold bodies like Anglian Water, the Environment Agency and Internal Drainage Boards to account. Flooding will now sit within the Environment Committee, which already deals with issues such as waste and pollution, and those groups won't automatically be invited.