Article 62YB6 UK government’s sewage spills strategy is ‘cruel joke’, say critics

UK government’s sewage spills strategy is ‘cruel joke’, say critics

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Helena Horton Environment reporter
from Environment | The Guardian on (#62YB6)

Lib Dems say investment will end up on customers' bills and public will be paying for executives' bonuses

The UK government's strategy to tackle sewage discharges is a cruel joke", critics have said, after ministers laid out plans to stop the pollution.

George Eustice, the environment secretary, announced that water companies would have to invest 56bn over 25 years into a long-term programme to tackle storm sewage discharges by 2050.

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