UK government defends plan to reduce sewage discharges

Environment secretary George Eustice responds to criticism from MPs for not tackling pollutionEnvironment secretary George Eustice insisted on Tuesday that the government was tackling the millions of hours of raw sewage discharges into rivers and seas in England as MPs demanded answers to a summer of water companies dumping effluent into holiday swimming spots.Caroline Lucas, the Green party MP for Brighton Pavilion, said: "Literal shit is being pumped into our rivers and seas. The state of our water network is a national scandal and the government has utterly failed to take action." Continue reading...