The number of people admitted to hospital with diseases transmitted via waterborne infection has risen by 60, according to Labour analysis.
Waterborne diseases have “put thousands of people in hospital” under the Tories, Labour said, as it vowed to put water companies dumping sewage into UK rivers and seas under special measures.
It said the statistics showed that in the last year alone more than 120 people were diagnosed with leptospirosis – a rare infection also known as Weil’s disease that can cause fever and vomiting – double the number diagnosed with the same condition in 2010. Data published by the Environment Agency showed sewage spills at their highest ever levels, with 464,056 spills in 2023, up 54% from 301,091 in 2022.
It is understood investors pulled the funding plan that was agreed last summer after the regulator Ofwat refused to bow to the debt-laden water giant’s demands for a 40% bill hike for customers and an easing of capital spending requirements, as well as leniency on penalties for failing to meet targets.
Richard Walker, former chairman of Surfers Against Sewage, said: “Labour’s plan will take the tough action required to get our vital utilities back to serving the public interest. A Conservative spokesperson said: “Labour’s botched-together announcement today is entirely made up of measures this Government is already delivering under our Plan For Water.
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