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Water inspections: Election giveaways won't fool anybody

21 Feb 2024

EMBARGO: Immediate release

Responding to the government's announcement on water inspections, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP said: 

"This is bare faced cheek from Conservative Ministers who starved water inspectors of money and power for too long.

"All they are doing is waking up and finally smelling the sewage. Election giveaways won't fool anybody. Conservative Ministers have let water firms get away with scandal after scandal. The public know this is an act of desperation from a Conservative party who backed disgraced water firms over environmental campaigners. This last minute tough talk is pathetic."

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspection-surge-to-crack-down-on-water-sector-pollution

 

 

 

 

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