Strictest targets pledged to tackle England sewage discharges
But the Liberal Democrats call the plans a “cruel joke” pointing to higher bills for consumers. …
Jim McMahon, Labour’s environment, food and rural affairs spokesman, said: “This document is neither a plan, nor does it eliminate sewage dumping into our natural environment. Under the government’s weak improvement ‘target’, based on last year’s data, we’d face another 4.8 million sewage spill events in our country between now and 2035.