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Sandbags in Appleby-in-Westmorland, one of the Northern cities flooded storm Ciara last week

Just over 1% of the state's infrastructure spending in England is found in the direction of the flood protection analysis of Bbc News .

the Latest figures show that almost £5 billion due to be spent on flood protection up to 2026, with a third of The Money he spent in London and The South East.

MPs in the North of England, said flood protection necessary resources to assign.

The government said the investment was a "record" amounts in the new high water protection for the protection of 300,000 apartments.

And it was said in terms of money per house At Risk of flooding, the North More Than The South .

Large parts of the country flayed were led last weekend by the storm " Ciara, what is this.

with dozens of flood warnings in England.

The army was deployed to help Ilkley and calderdale in West Yorkshire , in the flood-aid measures.

" In York, the Environment Agency has predicted that the River Ouse could be a record level of 5. 4m on Monday, a height not seen since 2000.

Appleby lies in a bend of The River Eden, meaning The City centre

is prone to flooding in The Cumbrian town of Appleby-in-Westmorland was affected one of the many rural communities by the storm, and Ciara ' s bad weather.

"Someone must stand up and be counted," said Dominic Boffin, as he swept flood water from his house.

"We had no help with the clean-up, and when It Comes to The City again and again flooded everyone seems to have their head in The Sand . "

Appleby was also severely affected, in the year 2015, when the storm flooded Desmond, More Than 5000 houses in the whole of the UK.

The then-Prime Minister David Cameron said the.

Appleby-Cafe -owner James Brighurst said, despite promises, new defenses, none of them had implemented the act.

"We have seen a few subsidies for individual buildings in The City , but nothing has changed dramatically.

"It's a feeling that we are ignored and forgotten".

Cafe owner James Brighurst said the residents had seen in Appleby, little investment in new high-water protection

showed almost £5 billion was earmarked for flood protection in England in the next Six Years .

The Money was due to be spent on More Than 1,300 projects.

But the flood of defense spending makes up only 1. 5% of the Total £317bn Set to be spent on all the infrastructure in England, which includes the modernisation of road and rail network.

"Cumbria has three 'one in 200-year storm events in The Last 10 years," said Tim Farron MP, Liberal Democrat spokesman for Northern England, whose constituency in The County .

"We know that the climate is changing, and we also know that the climate is changing, The Most influence here in the North West of England.

"So it is strange the government has decided to spend so much money on London and The South -East, and so little to the North.

"It is appalling that we give so little money for the flood protection overall," said Westmorland and Lonsdale MP.

Tim Farron MP said the government must spend more money on the construction of new flood protection systems

York Central MP Rachel Maskell said, had promised the government to update the previous commitments to water conservation in the historic Cathedral of The City .

"broken promises and undelivered shipments," said the Labour MP in The House of Commons.

"We have also seen a lack of delivery when It Comes to topics such as insurance and upper catchment management and even putting in Extra flood resilience measures within The City . "

In London and The South East, some of the £1. 5 billion earmarked to be spent for flood protection on the Thames Barrier

you Speak in front of the government reshuffle on Thursday, the former environment Secretary, Theresa Villiers MPs, the government said the measures introduced 25,000 homes flooded by storm Ciara had protected.

"We are investing More Than ever in a £2. 6bn flood defence programme up to the year 2021," She Said .

"In autumn I announced to raise an additional £60m-flood systems in the North.

"Our Manifesto committed us to Another £4bn of new flood protection funding until 2026. "

The Department for environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that investment in flood protection, where risk was highest, where it was throughout the country, and each System was carefully checked.

" funding is consistent throughout the country, national investments to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion, to as many people as possible and get The Best results for every pound that we spend," a spokesman said.

"We are working with local partners, taking into account the local needs and possibilities when deciding where to invest. "

Defra said showed his own figures, that between 2015 and 2021, the investment per house At Risk of flooding was equivalent to £700 in the North, compared with £335 in The South .

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Source of news: bbc.com