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Eight in ten voters support blocking bonuses for polluting water firm bosses (inews.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Voters overwhelmingly back a call to fine water companies caught discharging sewage and block bosses from receiving bonuses, i can reveal.

Polling shows huge public support for a key policy central to i’s manifesto to save British waterways and crack down on water companies breaking the law.

Some 83 per cent of adults polled said they support blocking bonuses and imposing fines on water companies caught illegally discharging sewage.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

If eighty percent support a fine I wonder how many would support something with actual teeth to it like prison time or government seizure.