Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’

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Exclusive: Officers say cuts and operational decisions have made England’s regulator ‘toothless’

say it has been cut back to such an extent that they cannot do their jobs and the regulator is no longer a deterrent to polluters.

 

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Cuts have only made this organisation worse. With clear evidence of dreadful enviro. consequences, the Scottish version said, 'it was not mindful to oppose the planning application' - cf: Airthrey Carse / Stirling

classic tactic imported from the U.S. - keep the agency but defund it so it cant do anything and stop it acting (US food inspectors can't take action if it will cost company money- e-coli is cheaper than cleaning)

This scandalous crime, failing to protect our environment and consumer health, has developed into an ugly culture where regulators and their test labs have been hijacked by profiteering industries doing the polluting. There's now a harmful 'hands off' model protecting profits.

“government funding for the agency’s environmental protection work has slumped from about £170m in 2009-10 to a low of £76m in 2019-20, and £94m last year.” The TorySewageParty voted twice to continue pumping sewage in British waters

No one saw that coming after our exit from the EU's clean beaches policy

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