Our Letter In The Dover Express and East Kent Mercury (January 31, 2024) Highlighting The Appalling 57% Rise In A&E Waiting Times In East Kent Since 2019
Our Letter in the Dover Express, May 16, 2024
Sewage dumping in Dover & Deal up 370% in 2023
Dear Editor
I have just learnt that sewage dumping in Dover & Deal increased by a shocking 370% in 2023, up 195% on 2022 figures. That equates to 930 hours, or almost 18 hours per week!
The sewage scandal is worsening by the day, under the noses of the Conservative government, and what are they doing about it? Nada. They just sit on their hands and look the other way, while water companies pay their shareholders millions of pounds in dividends instead of investing taxpayers’ money in infrastructure.
Unbelievably, nationwide, sewage was dumped into England’s rivers over 460,000 times for a total of over 3.6 million hours in 2023. It’s got to stop.
Frankly, I find it disgusting that our water companies in Dover & Deal felt they could pump filthy sewage into our waterways so many times last year, impacting so negatively on our precious environment.
We cannot go on like this, allowing water companies to dump sewage whenever they feel like with no redress.
The Liberal Democrats have led the way for years in campaigning for tougher action. I want to see a tougher water regulator, an end to bonuses for polluting water company bosses and stronger protections for our local environment.
Residents of Dover & Deal, and our environment, deserve a fair deal on sewage discharges, nothing less.
Yours faithfully
Penelope James
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Dover & Deal
Said Penelope James, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Dover & Deal:
"Our East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, which includes Buckland Hospital, Dover, deserves so much better than this out-of-touch Conservative government which is ignoring the suffering of patients, driving our health service into the ground and eroding confidence in timely medical help.
"Liberal Democrats are committed to ensuring everyone gets the care and treatments they need, including accessible GP services, overhauling NHS Dentistry & boosting cancer survival rates."