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Water company executives should immediately lose their bonuses if the firm they run causes environmental damage, such as illegal sewage spills into rivers, campaigners say.

Regulator Ofwat is to consult later this year on whether plans to ban bonuses could be introduced.

Environment secretary Stephen Barclay said it was time water company bosses “took responsibility”.

But a campaign group said the policy should be implemented immediately.

“The issue here is black and white. Just ban these iniquitous rewards for wrecking the environment now,”