Green campaigners have slammed the Government for dithering while England’s waterways slide into crisis—warning that the findings of the Independent Water Commission’s interim report must trigger immediate and radical reform.

The report, published yesterday, exposes a catalogue of failure: weak political direction, poor regulation, opaque governance and unchecked pollution from multiple sectors.

Environment charities say it confirms what the public already knows—that water companies have profited while rivers, lakes and seas have been trashed.

Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said: “This interim report is a clear signpost, not a finishing line. The public are rightly angry about pollution and regulatory failure, and nature is in crisis.”

Campaigners back the report’s call for a new Regional Systems Planner but warn it cannot become another long-term promise that’s kicked into the reeds.

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