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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Environment minister confronted over accepting football tickets linked to water pollution company

Environment secretary Steve Reed has been confronted over accepting football tickets linked to a water pollution company.

In an awkward exchange, Mr Reed told Sky News host Kay Burley he was not aware the company he accepted the tickets from was linked to a UK water firm.

Ms Burley confronted Mr Reed about £2,000 of football tickets he had declared from CK Hutchison Holdings, which she said owns 75 percent of CK Infrastructure Holdings, the owner of Northumbrian Water.

“There was nobody from a water company that was involved in offering those tickets. There was nobody from a water company at that event,” Mr Reed said on Wednesday (23 October).

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