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Now Streatham MP Reed faces court action over water torture
Rivers charity begins a Judicial Review, accusing the environment secretary of having ‘no policy at all’ for solving the crisis around Thames Water Environment secretary Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, if he can ever be bothered) … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Leonie Cooper, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Cunliffe Review, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Feargal Sharkey, Labour, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Ofwat, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
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You can take Steve Reed to water, but you can’t make him think
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, in his latest column for Inside Croydon, looks at the case for ending the ‘legalised larceny’ that is water privatisation, as the environment secretary sinks deeper into the mire The review commissioned by Steve Reed, the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, South West Water, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Channel 4 News, Clive Lewis MP, Croydon, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Feargal Sharkey, Great British Railways, Heidi Alexander, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Nationalisation, Private Eye, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Water nationalisation
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Assembly Member calls on Reed to nationalise Thames Water
With backing of London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Labour’s Leonie Cooper calls for water utilities ‘that put the needs of the public and the environment ahead of private profit’ Senior figures in the Labour Party in London have joined calls … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Leonie Cooper, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Cunliffe Review, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Feargal Sharkey, Labour, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, London Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Ofwat, Sadiq Khan, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
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Reed slammed for ‘laughable’ claims on private water industry
Environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey on live TV this morning called for the immediate resignation of the environment secretary, as the government’s Cunliffe Review is derided as a ‘joke’ Today’s announcement from environment secretary Steve Reed promising the “biggest overhaul of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, South West Water, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Cunliffe Review, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Feargal Sharkey, Good Morning Britain, Labour, Martin Abrams, Ofwat, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, The Angling Trust
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Reed’s government shelves plans to help protect River Wandle
‘Townie’ MP Steve Reed, having angered Jeremy Clarkson and the farming lobby, now seems set for a row with Feargal Sharkey over the fate of England’s under-threat chalk streams Government officials have abandoned proposals to protect and clean up the … Continue reading
Minister Reed attended unminuted meetings with water bosses
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on how the tide of support for one local MP in government is going out very quickly Steve Reed, the Croydon MP promoted to environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s government, is rapidly finding himself … Continue reading
Sharkey among guests as River Summit comes to the Wandle
Feargal Sharkey, a leader in the national debate about the parlous quality of water in the country’s rivers, lakes and canals, is among the participants at the 2024 UK River Summit which is being held along the banks of the … Continue reading
Complacent Thames Water won’t improve Wandle for 12 years
Under-pressure utility giant Thames Water wants to be able to continue to dump sewage into the River Wandle, a rare chalk stream, until 2035. That shocking admission emerged at the last meeting for Sutton Council’s scrutiny committee this year. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Croydon parks, Environment, Sutton Council, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon Council, Feargal Sharkey, Friends of Wandle Park, Merton Council, Mortimer and Whitehouse, River Wandle, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Waddon Ponds, Wandle, Wandle Park, Wandsworth Council
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Charity offers youngsters chance to be Junior River Rangers
An environmental charity is giving primary school-aged children the chance to become Junior River Rangers in Carshalton and along the Wandle during London Rivers Week. The South East Rivers Trust is staging nature scavenger hunts, craft activities and river dipping … Continue reading
River from Tory Philp’s constituency runs brown with sewage
Within a day of Thames Water imposing a hosepipe ban on London and the south-east, the company was caught pumping raw sewage into the River Wandle, and a Croydon MP wrote to the company accusing it of turning a parkland … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Environment, Health, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Feargal Sharkey, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Labour, River Wandle, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood Country Park, Thames Water, Tory, Wandle
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