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Evening Standard
Alex Daniel

Ofwat boss denies failing to regulate water firms despite huge debts

David Black, the chief executive of Ofwat (House of Commons/PA) -

The head of Ofwat has denied failing to police water firms, despite admitting companies’ records on pollution “must change” and that they should not have been allowed to rack up huge debts.

Speaking to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee of MPs, David Black said firms need to make “changes across the board” but he “wouldn’t agree” that the regulator has failed.

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