Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds has criticised Rishi Sunak's response to the ongoing water scandal, as new figures have revealed almost four million hours worth of raw sewage was pumped into UK waters in 2023.

Appearing on GB News, Dodds called the Conservatives to "ban bonuses" for water company bosses who are failing to improve water pollution.

Dodds told GB News: "Well, we'd have a very different approach to that taken by the government. We've had the Conservatives in government for 14 years and it definitely has been building for 14 years because they've watered down the regulations so that companies like Thames Water could get incredibly highly indebted.

"And they haven't done what Labour's been calling for, which is for there to be a ban on bonuses for polluting water company bosses and to make sure there's automatic monitoring of these outflows and that they're automatic fines and, if necessary, criminal penalties as well. So I find this government response of almost suggesting they've only just found out this is an issue pretty extraordinary."