MPs vote to allow water companies to dump raw sewage into rivers and seas
MPs vote to allow water companies to dump raw sewage into rivers and seas
Water companies discharged raw sewage more than 400,000 times last year (Pictures: REX / Getty)
The Government has given polluters the green light to pump raw sewage into British rivers and seas in an ‘extremely disappointing’ move.
Only 22 Conservative MPs rebelled by voting for an amendment to the Environment Bill, which sought to place a legal duty on water companies not to dump the risky…