The claim
292 Conservative MPs “voted to allow sewage dumping by water companies in our rivers and coasts for at least 15 more years”.
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True, technically: 292 Conservative MPs did not “aye” a vote to allow sewage dumping by water companies in the country’s rivers and coasts for the next 15 years. However, they did vote on updated environmental targets on January 25 that included a target of an 80% reduction in phosphates in rivers by 2038, which does indirectly allow the continuation of sewage disposal – an objective that the Lib Dems have labelled “pathetic”.
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