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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 22:57 UTC

Tag: Somerset Levels UK

  • Tuesday, January 19th 2016 - 07:41 UTC

    UK floods reach Barbados where UK Environment Agency was basking in the sun

    Sir Philip came under intense scrutiny for being on a trip to Barbados while the worst storms in decades caused flooding in Britain.

    The head of Britain’s Environment Agency (EA) has resigned after being heavily criticized for not cutting his Christmas holiday in Barbados short to return home to lead the response to floods last month. Required to work a three-day week for £100,000 (US$142,992) a year, Sir Philip Dilley said he quit because of the “inappropriate” expectation for him, as a part-time chairman of the EA, “to be available at short notice throughout the year”.