Government too focused on short-term response to extreme weather, MPs warn
The Government is too focused on its short-term response, rather than long-term plans, for floods, storms and heatwaves, MPs have warned.
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said extreme weather was on the rise with climate change and ministers must urgently act to ensure medium and long-term planning and investment in infrastructure to make it resilient to such risks.
A failure to do so could come at a high cost to individuals, the economy and society in the future, a report from the committee warned.
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