Councils will be allowed to charge an extra £15 per year for properties in flood-prone areas to fund flood defences.

Shouldn’t this be paid by the developers who did the building, or the councils themselves who approved it?

And what about areas that were NOT flood-prone until developers built other properties around them?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/flooding/12123738/Homeowners-living-in-flood-hit-areas-face-higher-council-tax-bills.html