Water company bosses given 14 days to set out sewage dumping plans, new environment secretary says

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Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon has accused the government of allowing water companies to dump sewage on 90 beaches over the summer.

the new environment secretary, made the announcement in the Commons as he faced calls for"tougher sanctions" to be imposed.

"In my first day in office, I told water chief executives that it is not good enough and I have instructed them to write to me formally by September 21 with a plan on how they are going to make significant improvements."

 

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Tories voted to allow this to happen.

But what of all the energy wasted on clouds, simply housing billions upon billions of people's daft holiday snaps?

I’d give them no more than 14 hours

Dumping? Is that a Freudian shit, I mean slip.

🤷‍♀️ … The TORY party only last autumn voted to ease regulations on these water companies … This problem has been years in the making due to privatisation and lack of investment in infrastructure…SameOldTories TorySewageParty

Or else what?

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