Councillors and MPs are celebrating after confirmation that the area will receive £254,000 to help with drainage board funding. This follows Terry Jermy, the Labour MP for South West Norfolk, asking a question in the House of Commons last week of the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Angela Rayner. Mr Jermy highlighted that many councils were increasingly concerned about the cost of levies for internal drainage boards – in the case of West Norfolk Council, it is now contributing the equivalent of 44% of its entire council tax income. Responding …
