U-turning Tory MPs: is the Ecosystem safe in their hands?

 

Several Tory MPs, including Southport's MP Damien Moore,  faced a huge backlash from constituents and campaign groups after they voted down an amendment concerning pollution tabled by the Lords last week. 

However, the government has now U-turned by opting to put legal controls on water firms unloading raw sewage in the sea and rivers across the country, even though recently forcing Tory MPs to vote down similar proposals.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) recently an...