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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Tory minister blasted for 'blaming the public' over sewage dumping into the sea

A Tory environment minister has been accused of trying to blame the public over sewage being dumped in rivers and the sea.

Mark Spencer said “we could all help as individuals” to stop storm overflows - by checking down-pointing drainpipes off our roofs.

But campaign group Surfers Against Sewage accused him of trying to distract from failures by water firms and the government.

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