How can Labour rescue Britain's rivers without breaking the bank? At Labour Party Conference 2024

On Tuesday 24th September at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, a panel of experts brought together by The Rivers Trust sought to answer the question 'How can Labour rescue Britain’s rivers without breaking the bank?’ Having put sewage pollution at the heart of their election campaign and identifying cleaning up rivers, lakes, and seas as the top priority for Defra, the new Labour Government must now deliver meaningful improvements to our precious water environment. The question is, how will this be possible in the context of competing social and economic priorities and a tight fiscal environment? The answer our speakers arrived at; by working with each other and nature.

The Rivers Trust’s Chief Executive Mark Lloyd spoke alongside the Minister for Water and Flooding Emma Hardy and Alex Mayer, MP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Further panellists representing key sectors were Jo Harrison, Asset Management Director at United Utilities, and Victoria Vyvyan, President of the Country Land and Business Association. The event was chaired by Claire Ellicott, Daily Mail Whitehall Editor.

Read more about how nature can help deliver the Government's promises: https://theriverstrust.org/about-us/n...