FLOOD-hit communities are still waiting to hear the Government’s decision on a future framework for flood insurance.

The decision, which will impact on people in flood-hit areas such as Pershore, Evesham, Sedgeberrow and Tewkesbury, which have all been affected by flooding in recent years, was due to have been announced in the spring.

Pershore mayor Coun Charles Tucker, who is chairman of leading flood charity the National Flood Forum, said: “We know the Government is talking to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) about a future framework, but it is time for the talking to stop and action to begin.

"Flood-hit communities need to know they will be able to get affordable insurance in future.

“Thousands of people al-ready have great difficulty finding affordable insurance in flood-risk areas and we are getting an increasing number of calls from people struggling to buy or sell houses.

"The numbers can only increase unless the Government steps in to shape the market and ensure that flood insurance is both available and affordable.

“We look to Government and the ABI to get this right.

"It’s not often the Government makes people happy – we hope this is one time that they will.”