As reported on 12 October 2026, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency launched "Flood Action Online," described as a one stop shop for flood advice, at the start of Flood Action Week. The service brings together guidance on checking flood risk, signing up for warnings and accessing Met Office weather alerts, and points homeowners to property flood resilience measures.

The government set a target for 200,000 properties to benefit from flood protection, with £4.2 billion of investment between last April and March 2029 to repair and replace existing defences and build new ones. Defra said £2.65 billion was spent in the government's first two years, with almost 62,000 properties better protected, exceeding the original target of 52,000. The share of assets at or above their required condition rose to 93% at the end of March 2026, against a target of 93.5% by March 2029.

Floods Minister Emma Hardy said the new Flood and Drought Resilience Taskforce, meeting for the first time that week, would put communities and businesses at the heart of defence plans. Caroline Douglass, the Environment Agency's Executive Director for Floods, said the agency maintains 260 mobile pumps, including 17 ultra-high-volume pumps, and 25 kilometres of temporary barriers, with 600 people on call at any one time.