The Government dumps raw sewage on the North East coast every 57 minutes, according to the Labour Party.
Labour said the Conservatives are allowing human sewage to pollute the places in which people live, work and holiday. They claim Tories allowed 1,362 days’ worth of sewage to be dumped into constituencies on the North East coast last year.
The party has identified, through Environment Agency data, how sewage was discharged into coastal areas for 32,686 hours in 2022. They said this is equivalent of there being a non-stop continuous flow of sewage for 44 months.
