A £3million commitment to supporting councils’ rising internal drainage board (IDB) costs has yet to be distributed by the Government. The commitment was made by the former secretary of state for the department for levelling up, housing and communities, Michael Gove, earlier this year, with the sum to be shared between the 15 most affected councils. Newark and Sherwood District Council is among those, and pays £950,000 to the Trent Valley and Upper Witham IDBs, having seen an “unsustainable” 40% increase in its overall levy in the last financial year. During the distribution of the last £3mill…
