England raw sewage taskforce has only met once in last year, FoI request reveals

Storm overflows group has been promoted by ministers as evidence they are taking issue seriously

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The storm overflows taskforce set up by the government to tackle raw sewage discharges by water companies in England has only met once in the last year, a freedom of information request has revealed.

The group – which was promoted by ministers as evidence that they were taking the issue of raw sewage discharges by water companies seriously – is supposed to meet fortnightly, according to its mission statement.