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Who really owns Britain’s waterways?

13 February 2023

11:40 PM

13 February 2023

11:40 PM

Stop press: Fleet Street is officially full of sewage. Flicking through the papers this morning, Steerpike was intrigued to see water pollution feature prominently on the front page of both the Times and the i newspapers. ‘Water firms to be spared threat of £250m fines’ roared the former; ‘Sunak facing Tory rebellion over sewage in UK rivers’ retorted the latter.

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