How Southern Water fought to try to keep sewage spill info secret
The water supplier used legal arguments and delaying tactics in a two year fight against England's information watchdog, documents reveal
Southern Water argued it shouldn't have to release info about sewage spills - because its board needed "a private space" to consider "criminal investigations into its conduct".
Read more about the firm's fight to keep sewage spill documents secret: thebrightoninquirer.substack.com/p/how-southe...
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