Guardian: Conservative failures to invest in flood defences will put an extra 330,000 properties at serious risk by 2035, Labour will claim on Tuesday. The Tories counter that they have actually cut the predicted number of homes at risk since Labour was in power. The row has emerged as the Environment Agency issues new flood warnings and Britain is lashed by the tail end of Hurricane Bertha.
Both major political parties recognise that the issue is key in a number of battleground marginal seats, and that...