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03
Sept 2023
Lib Dems criticise Yorkshire Water river health team project
Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats have criticised a Yorkshire Water plan to set up a river health team.
The company announced this week it was setting up the department as part of a “joined-up, region-wide approach to river health” across Yorkshire.
Part of the remit of the department is to work with community groups to understand what is important to them and develop a way of working together to improve river health.
Yorkshire Water said it would be recruiting 16 new staff to the team, including an environmental investigation lead, river health improvement manager, river health partnership and community engagement advisor.
However, local Liberal Democrats have questioned whether it is something the company should have been pursuing anyway.
Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said:
Andrew Jones (left) and Tom Gordon
However, Andrew Jones, Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, described the initiative as a “positive move”.
He said:
Kevin Reardon, head of river heath at Yorkshire Water, said:
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