Inquiry set up by academics and campaigners to rival ‘too limited’ government-established independent commission

A “people’s commission” on the future of the water industry will travel across England and Wales taking evidence from the public and environmental campaign groups at the centre of the sewage pollution scandal.

The inquiry has been set up by leading academics and environmental campaigners who were central to exposing the routine dumping of raw sewage into rivers by water companies to rival the government-established independent commission.