Labour to urge MPs to ban bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

Motion will force Tory MPs to say whether bonuses can still be paid despite poor state of English and Welsh waterways

Labour aims to embarrass the government by forcing Conservative MPs to vote on whether Ofwat should have the power to ban water bosses' bonuses until they clean up waterways in England and Wales.

Water suppliers have been repeatedly criticised for paying out large sums to bosses who have presided over leaky infrastructure and sewage dumping. Senior executives from five of the 11 water companies that deal with sewage took bonuses this year, while the rest declined after public outrage.