New EA chair wants pollution fines boost delivered quickly

Alan Lovell, the new chair of the Environment Agency has said he hopes environment secretary Ranil Jayawardena will "quickly" deliver on his proposal to increase maximum pollution fines for water companies to £250 million, saying he was "delighted" by the prospect of having a "bigger stick to go after bad behaviour".

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