The March for Clean Water will be held in London on 26 October to press the government to do more to clean up Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas.

Activist Feargal Sharkey is heading up the protest, which has been organised by River Action and backed by a growing number of environmental, sports and community groups.

River Action said Labour’s water actions to date are welcome, but stop short of what is needed to end all causes of water pollution. It said the government’s actions must include:

• “A plan to address the continuous illegal dumping of raw sewage by the water companies.
• A full set of solutions to end all other major sources of water pollution.
• The reform of our failed regulatory system, including Ofwat and the Environment Agency, so the law can be effectively enforced against polluters.”

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