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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Filthy sewer overflow scandal: Ministers may have breached environmental laws, warns eco-watchdog

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey was in the dock on Tuesday after England’s eco-watchdog warned her department may have breached the law over sewer outflows.

The Office for Environmental Protection said it had identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and regulator Ofwat in relation to the regulation of combined sewer overflows (CSOs).   

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