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'It won't wash': environment secretary's overtures fall flat with pollution protesters

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November 01, 2024

The environment secretary has angered groups demanding an end to the pollution of rivers by water companies, after his direct appeal to those taking part in a demonstration this weekend backfired.

- Sandra Laville

'It won't wash': environment secretary's overtures fall flat with pollution protesters

Steve Reed had written to activists saying they could trust him with forging change within the water industry. But campaigners said he was avoiding the main issue: that water privatisation has failed.

In his letter to members of the 130 groups taking part in the March for Clean Water in London on Sunday, which include Surfers Against Sewage, the GMB union, the Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB, Reed said he shared their anger about record levels of sewage pollution.

He wished them a well-attended march and said he looked forward to working with them towards a shared ambition of cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas for good.

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