Labour calls on government to clean up 'sewage scandal'

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Image of the pollution in the Bradford watercourse | Credit: Environment Agency
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Image of the pollution in the Bradford watercourse | Credit: Environment Agency

The Labour Party has used new figures from the Environment Agency to launch a fresh attack on the Conservatives for the impact of sewage pollution in the UK

The Labour Party has slammed the Conservative government's efforts to clean-up the country's waterways, as it published a new analysis showing how sewage dumping across the UK has become a source of "serious...

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