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Public told to cut water use as Steve Reed warns water bosses they could face prison for polluting rivers

Environment secretary Steve Reed has pledged to reform the UK’s water system to clean up rivers and lakes ‘for good’

The Independent UK

Water bosses could face prison time over dumping sewage into Britain’s rivers and lakes

Environment secretary Steve Reed is to tell an invited audience of water company executives that they will lose their bonuses and face prison if they continue pumping filth into rivers and lakes

The Independent UK

Water campaigners are right about enforcement. Labour’s plans are still too vague

Without regulatory reforms and proper funding, the country will lack a muscular enforcer to strike fear among polluters

The Guardian - UK

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Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator

Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis

The Guardian - UK

Water customers to receive up to £2,000 compensation for serious service failures

Government to double rates of compensation for service failings by water companies

The Independent UK

Goals to stop decline of nature in England ‘off track’, report warns

Audit of Environmental Improvement Plan finds it inadequate as government announces overhaul of goals

The Guardian - UK

Tories ‘deliberately covered up’ true state of public finances, says minister

Steve Reed hits out at Conservatives’ handling of public services as chancellor prepares to detail ‘£20bn black hole’

The Guardian - UK

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'Lie and pretend': Disbelief as Labour claim Tories 'covered up' £20bn funding hole

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has been met with disbelief after claiming that a Tory government “cover up” hid a £20 billion shortfall in the UK’s…

The National (Scotland)

BBC presenter to stand in for Laura Kuenssberg this Sunday

BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg is to be replaced by Victoria Derbyshire for this Sunday’s programme...

The National (Scotland)

Shadow health secretary rebuked for behaving ‘abominably’ in Commons

Tory MP Victoria Atkins walked to dispatch box and tried to loudly interrupt environment secretary

The Guardian - UK

From badger culls to sewage: Labour under pressure over animal-welfare and farming policies

Badger cull U-turn and lack of promises on factory farming, water pollution and wildlife support all prompt questions

The Independent UK

What will the UK's new Labour government mean for the outdoors?

The pledges and actions of the new UK government on land access, nature and the environment

Advnture

Ofwat accused of showing ‘contempt’ to customers over water bill price rises

Politicians and campaigners condemn charging proposals, as regulator puts Thames Water into special measures

The Guardian - UK

Water bills to rise by average of £94 over next five years in England and Wales

However, some regions will see greater increases – with Southern Water bills rising by £183, or 44 per cent

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

From water to wood-burning stoves: 11 green challenges Labour must solve

New government faces massive task in repairing UK’s degraded environment and fighting climate crisis. Here’s what will be top of its in-tray

The Guardian - UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

The Guardian - UK

Starmer denies Badenoch’s claims Labour will reverse Brexit if it wins election – UK election as it happened

The Labour leader hit back at claims by the business secretary that his party plans to rejoin the EU, the single market or the customs union

Evening Standard

General Election London 2024 seats: Who is my MP in...Croydon West?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

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Evening Standard

General Election London 2024 seats: Who is my MP in...Streatham and Croydon North?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

The Guardian - UK

Morgan McSweeney: Labour election guru and bogeyman of the party’s left

Starmer’s closest aide is credited with putting the party in a position to win but his popularity is not universal

The Guardian - UK

Can Labour clean up England’s dangerously dirty water?

Party has vowed to end sewage scandal if it wins power, but experts say it will have to act quickly and ambitiously

The Independent UK

Outrage as ‘tidal wave’ of sewage floods historic market town’s unique chalk river continuously for months

Exclusive: Water firm pumps sewage into river Misbourne, Amersham on 21 ‘dry days’ during nearly five month period

The Guardian - UK

Communities will be given right to turn eyesores into parks, says Labour

Exclusive: Party wants to appeal to voters’ patriotism by improving access to nature and green spaces

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak

Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea

Evening Standard

Water firm sewage polluters 'will face criminal charges' under Labour government

Labour has pledged to put water firms under special measures and prosecute bosses if they continue to oversee the illegal dumping of ‘toxic filth’

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