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Biba Manifesto 2026: Biba urges ‘sensible politics’ as homes keep being built in flood-prone areas

By 2026-01-16T10:00:00

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’Everybody is behind more homes being built in the UK, but it’s being sensible [about] how you build those, if you build them in areas of risk of flood,’ says deputy head

Biba has urged policymakers to adopt what it described as “sensible politics” around flood risk, warning that prevention and resilience measures were not being delivered quickly enough to keep pace with rising exposure and the government’s housebuilding ambitions.

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