Ministers are taking high-level environmental advice from a business leader whose firm was fined millions for pumping raw sewage into British waters.
The so-called ‘Council for Sustainable Business’, which advises the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on water, waste, and biodiversity, is chaired by Liv Garfield, the chief exec of Severn Trent Water.
Its members also include a scrap metal boss whose company was convicted of illegal dumping, and the CEO of Heathrow Airport.
