Liz Truss slashed funding to tackle water pollution when she was Environment Secretary which led to "doubled sewage discharge", Labour has claimed.
The Tory leadership frontrunner was accused of having "sewage on her hands" after analysis showed raw sewage discharge in England and Wales more than doubled from 14.7 per overflow in 2016 to 29.3 in 2021.
Ms Truss ran the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) from 2014 to 2016, where she oversaw efforts to slash £235million from the Environment Agency's budget.
