Despite the noise round England’s sewage scandal, the political response to date has principally generated headlines, not actual penalties. Ministers performatively “rage” about polluting water firms. Regulators are rejigged. Legal guidelines are handed. But little really modifications. The newest manoeuvre by Yorkshire Water is a living proof – and a revealing one.
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