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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

MP demands water boss resigns after thousands in Tunbridge Wells without water for three days

An MP has called for the boss of South East Water to resign after thousands of homes, as well as many businesses in Tunbridge Wells, have been left without water for a third day in a row.

Mike Martin, the Liberal Democrat MP for the Kent town, branded the situation “an utter disgrace”, and said vulnerable and elderly people were suffering as a direct consequence of the “failure of leadership” shown by the water company’s chief executive, David Hinton.

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