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The committee also criticised handling of the cash, highlighting that the programme has still not managed to reduce the number of expensive contractors – who are paid an average of £1,100 per day.

"We are one of the most developed countries in the world — why are we still in a position where we’ve got pretty poor water quality compared to the rest of Europe?”

Goldsmith - an environment minister - vowed that standards would "improve" after Brexit in 2019. How things change.

Shadow Defra secretary, Luke Pollard, said: “People are right to be upset at the dreadful state of England’s rivers. Not one English river is in a healthy condition and there has been zero improvement since 2016.

The TalkRadio host cut off an Insulate Britain activist after telling him carpentry wasn't a sustainable profession.

'The Origin of Faeces' was one suggestion, while 'Reservoir Bogs' and 'One Poo Over the Cuckoo's Nest' were also touted.

'We've had people throw things at our receptionists, use foul language, screaming and shouting, throwing furniture and damaging furniture, screaming in their face, making threats, ‘I know where you live’, that sort of thing."

It comes amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in Britain which is more than three-times the infection rate of the EU average. 

“The word is overused, but our members are convinced the ambulance service is facing an utterly unprecedented crisis," said GMB's Steve Rice.