West Dorset

The minister said the government was holding the companies to account, and they were now fixing more leaks than ever before.

But another Lib Dem, Edward Morello, complained that South West Water, which supplied his constituents in West Dorset, lost the equivalent of a hundred liters per customer every day last year.

And yet since 2013, South West Water has received 40 million a year from central government, while more than 1.5 billion pounds has been paid out into shareholders in dividends.

And what have my customers and my residents got? Higher bills and sewage.