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Council welcomes change to emergency funding scheme

Devon is to benefit from a change in the Government's system for allocating emergency funding, after incidents such as storms and flooding.


Local authorities can apply for Bellwin funding to pay for clean-up costs and temporary repairs.

The county council has welcomed the news that it can now make a claim for any damage costing more than a million pounds - it was formerly one-point-seven million.

But it's hoping the review will lead to the funding being available for permanent repairs to infrastructure.

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