The government has been accused of going round in circles in its attempt to stop sewage pouring into England's rivers and seaside
The environment department is also proposing higher penalties for polluters and new, immediate fines, because prosecution can take too long to reach a conclusion, it said.Advertisement
"Last year, the government ordered water companies to produce sewage action plans, and now similar lacklustre plans are being pitched as if new. We need action, not more plans," said Izzy Ross, SAS campaigners manager. The environment secretary said the government was the first to require companies to start comprehensively monitoring spillage, but acknowledged"there is still significant work to do".
Labour's shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon said the Conservatives had drawn up"yet another 'improvement plan' that allows water companies to mark their own homework and doesn't deliver action".
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