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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Reed’s claims about Scottish water pollution could have misled public – watchdog

Former environment secretary Steve Reed has now been urged to apologise (PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK Housing Secretary has been urged to apologise for claims he made about water pollution in Scotland after the statistics watchdog said they “run the risk of misleading the public”.

During his time as environment secretary, Steve Reed repeatedly claimed Scotland’s water quality and pollution was worse than that of England.

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