Government accepts Lib Dem amendment to UK infrastructure bank bill
Taxpayer money may no longer be invested in water companies unless water companies produce adequate plans to stop sewage discharges, after the government accepted a Liberal Democrat amendment.
The change to the UK infrastructure bank bill means that once it becomes law, the taxpayer pot of money will only be able to fund water companies if they produce a costed and timed plan for ending sewage spills into waterways.
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