The Times, i-news and the Daily Telegraph have all launched separate ongoing campaigns to tackle water pollution with a specific focus on pressing for action by the Government, water companies, alongside water sector regulators Ofwat and the Environment Agency.

The Good Law Project has announced that it has been granted a hearing in the High Court in its legal challenge to force the Government to take much tougher action to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into coastal waters.

The Government has asked the National Infrastructure Commission to review the current approach to National Policy Statements (NPSs) and identify how the planning system could create greater certainty for infrastructure investors, developers and local communities.

Both the Chair and Chief Executive of the Office for Environmental Protection, together with Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey and Tamara Finkelstein Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are due to give evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) from 2.00pm onwards today.

MPs on the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee  will hold an evidence session beginning 10.00 am this morning to examine sewage discharges in Wales as part of its current inquiry into water quality.

The National Infrastructure Commission, the UK government’s independent advisers on national infrastructure, has taken space in One Embankment, the central Leeds offices which also serve as the headquarters of the UK Infrastructure Bank.

The Government has accepted an amendment by the Liberal Democrats to the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill currently making its way its way through Parliament which would see water firms lose access to public funds unless they commit to stop sewage discharges.