Every person to be urged to cut their water consumption by a fifth
Your support helps us to tell the storyFind out moreCloseAs your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.Your support enables me to be in the room, pressing for transparency and accountability. Without your contributions, we wouldn’t have the resources to challenge those in power.Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November electionAndrew FeinbergWhite House CorrespondentHouseholds are to be urged to cut the amount of water they use by a fifth as Labour pledges to clean up Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas “once and for all”. Strategies include having shorter showers and fewer baths, as well as putting bricks in toilet cisterns to cut consumption. More than nine in 10 people think they use “vastly” less water than they actually do, the Environment Secretary Steve Reed said.The comments came as he used a speech to tell an invited group of water bosses that new laws will mean they face prison if they continue to pump filth into Britain’s lakes and rivers.But he ruled out nationalising the sector, warning it would cost billions and make the sewage problem worse in the short term.He pledged that the government would reform the UK’s creaking water system, much of it dating from the Victorian era. Strategies can include taking shorter showers More