Londoners are going to have to find more money to keep the taps flowing in the year ahead, after industry group Water UK unveiled plans for the average household bill will go up by an inflation-busting 6% this year, a rise of around £27.
Water UK said the increase will come as the industry plans to invest over £14.4 billion in better infrastructure after the public outcry over sewage discharges into rivers and leaking mains supply.
