Labour Parliamentary Candidate met with former punk singer turned environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey at last week's Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Truro and Falmouth Labour & Cooperative Parliamentary candidate, Councillor Jayne Kirkham, was able to discuss pollution in Cornwall's rivers and seas with Feargal Sharkey, who was a guest speaker at the event.

Mr Sharkey said: "As a direct result of the water industry's profiteering, there's not a single river in England that achieves good overall environmental health – every single river is polluted and one of the largest sources of that pollution? The water industry."

Labour's shadow environment secretary, Jim McMahon outlined how the party would "clean up" the water system after having been introduced on stage by the former singer, turned environment campaigner.

Jayne welcomed the pledge to introduce a legally binding target to end 90% of sewage discharges by 2030 and stronger sanctions and fines for bosses and companies who fail to do so.

"With Labour, there will be change with mandatory monitors on all sewage outlets and automatic fines for every sewage discharge," she said.

"Our beaches and rivers in Cornwall are vital for our health, ecosystems, and economy. Labour's clean-up campaign and greener mission can't come soon enough."