Unlimited penalties for water firms that pollute

Water companies face unlimited fines for dumping sewage into rivers and seas

Environment Agency figures showed there were an average of 824 sewage spills per day last year.

Water companies could face unlimited fines for polluting

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey is expected to announce next week plans ministers believe will ‘make polluters pay’

Unlimited fines in pipeline for sewage dumpers

New plan to deal with polluting water companies includes ring-fencing gains from fines to fund water restoration projects

Unlimited fines for water companies dumping sewage

Ministers want to "make polluters pay", after more than 300,000 waste spills in England's waterways last year.

Water firms to face unlimited fines for polluting - as environment secretary accused of 'national scandal'

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey is expected to announce plans next week to introduce tougher fines for polluting but opposition politicians have called for her to resign, accusing the government of "turning Britain's waterways into an open sewer".

Government turning waterways into open sewers, says opposition

New data shows more than 300,000 spills last year, down from 2021 but because of dry weather, not water company action, the Environment Agency said.