A bid to criminalise water companies that fail to tackle sewage has failed.

The Liberal Democrats had proposed an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill that would have created new offences if firms did not do enough to deal with spills.

But the measure failed on Wednesday after Tory MPs voted against and Labour members abstained.

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    6 months ago

    Yeah I feel like tactical voting just encourages you to settle for the least worst option and helps lead to a two party system.