'Polluting' water firms will 'pay' if Labour get in, shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has said.
'Polluting' water firms will 'pay' if Labour get in, shadow environment secretary Steve Reed has said. Speaking to LBC, Steve Reed suggested that Labour would push back against huge increases to water bills when in government.He said "polluters" would pay over the public."If Labour wins the election, then cleaning up the waterways is going to be one of the main priorities," Mr Reed said.
"Read more: 'I would love a day off,' Rishi Sunak jokes as he shuts down idea of extra bank holidayRead more: ‘It’s over’: Nigel Farage says General Election is a ‘foregone conclusion’ and ‘Labour have won’ He continued: "The reason water companies have got away with this is because the Conservative government deliberately and knowingly weakened the rules that govern the protection of our water.
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