Government criticised over plastic spill response
Government criticised over plastic spill responseImage caption, Millions of plastic nurdles have washed up on beaches following the ship collisionByMartin LindsayNorth East & Cumbria InvestigationsPublished7 August 2026, 06:10 BSTUpdated 14 minutes agoAndy Burnham has pledged to be the prime minister for the North. "Andy Burnham has declared he is the prime minister of the North as well as London. Now is the time to prove it."The government has been approached for comment on whether Burnham might get involved but meanwhile has said the Environment Agency has been "on this from the start, supporting partners, and is now stepping up its work on the ground".
- ▪Government criticised over plastic spill responseImage caption, Millions of plastic nurdles have washed up on beaches following the ship collisionByMartin LindsayNorth East & Cumbria InvestigationsPublished7 August 2026, 06:10 BSTUpdated 14
- ▪"Andy Burnham has declared he is the prime minister of the North as well as London.
- ▪Now is the time to prove it."The government has been approached for comment on whether Burnham might get involved but meanwhile has said the Environment Agency has been "on this from the start, supporting partners, and is now stepping up it
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Government criticised over plastic spill responseImage caption, Millions of plastic nurdles have washed up on beaches following the ship collisionByMartin LindsayNorth East & Cumbria InvestigationsPublished7 August 2026, 06:10 BSTUpdated 14 minutes agoAndy Burnham has pledged to be the prime minister for the North. But volunteers cleaning up a major plastic spill on the north-east of England coast say his government's treatment of the "disaster", which they say lacks urgency, does not support that claim."This should be declared a national emergency," says campaigner Olly Armstrong who believes, if the spill had happened further south, it would have been treated differently.Armstrong, from North Shields in North Tyneside, is one of thousands of volunteers who have spent weeks clearing…
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