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This report explores how the government and other authorities can improve flood risk management in England to better support vulnerable sections of society. As flood risk is increasing in England, adopting and responding to the concept of flood disadvantage in flood risk management could support more just responses in the face of climate change, demographic change and other socio-economic policy.

The report:

• outlines the relationship between exposure to flooding and social vulnerability and how this creates flood disadvantage for particular parts of England

• sets out how flood investment could be targeted more effectively to support those communities which may be most disadvantaged by flooding in England
• recommends how  the wider national policy framework could better address underlying social vulnerability in order to increase flood resilience