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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Foul fumes and sewage spills in Tory stronghold of Michael Gove

Camberley resident John Anderson, with dog Tess, relays his concerns to Liberal Democrat candidate Alasdair Pinkerton
‘A 24-hour whirlpool of sewage’: Camberley resident John Anderson, with dog Tess, relays his concerns to Liberal Democrat candidate Alasdair Pinkerton. Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi/The Guardian

While Michael Gove was deciding to weaken pollution laws for new housing developments this week, his own constituency was being plagued by the stench of human waste.

People living on the outskirts of Camberley, the largest town in Gove’s constituency of Surrey Heath, have been complaining for months that foul-smelling fumes from the local sewage works have ruined their summers, causing even the washing they hang out to stink.

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