OEP drops legal threat over sewage pollution regulation failures

Michael Holder
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Watchdog closes two-year investigation into government over regulatory failures on sewage overflows, after securing 'significant progress' on issues raised

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has announced it is to close a two-year investigation which identified significant government and regulator failings relating to sewage pollution, after plans...

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