'We'll put water bosses in dock over sewage'

WATER bosses will face criminal charges and firms will be placed in “special measures” if they continue pumping sewage into seas and rivers, the Environment Secretary has vowed.

- Jonathan Walker

It is part of a wide-ranging plan to “reverse the shocking decline of our natural world”, which Steve Reed says is placing Britain’s wildlife at risk of extinction.

The Government is to create three National Forests, inspired by the existing 200-square mile forest spanning parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, with a million trees planted.

Organisations such as housing associations will be encouraged to buy land to create parks and public gardens in built-up areas, under a Community Right to Buy scheme.