1,000 signatures reached
To: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
End the sewage pollution scandal
You were elected on a pledge to clean up our beaches and rivers. You must now deliver. For Heather Preen. For every victim of the sewage crisis. And for every bill-payer forced to foot the cost of this scandal.
Why is this important?
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corporate greed and profit before public health and the environment.
Our privatised water system has failed. Sewage pollution is making people sick, destroying livelihoods, and wrecking our environment. Whilst bills rise, water companies extract billions and fail to invest. Whilst they get rich, we get sick.
This is no accident. It was a choice. Since privatisation, the Government and regulators have looked the other way and let this scandal fester. Now our waters are some of the dirtiest in Europe.
After more than three decades of broken pipes, broken promises and a devastating human cost, your Government has pledged “once in a generation” plans to clean up the water industry. But in reality, your plans lock us into the privatised system where profit comes first and the public gets sick.
What are we calling for?
- Public health must come first – profit from sewage pollution must end.
- The Government must end the current privatised water industry.
- The Government must take back control of water companies and restructure them, removing the profit motive, to ensure they operate for people and the environment. No option, including public ownership, should be off the table.
It’s time to end the profit-driven sewage scandal and put #PeopleBeforePayouts
