Voices: How can the UK’s broken water industry be fixed? Join The Independent Debate

Campaigners are angry about water bill increases amid the national sewage pollution scandal - (Anthony Upton Media Assignments/PA)

As public outrage over sewage spills, rising bills and shareholder payouts reaches boiling point, a landmark review has called for a radical overhaul of how the water industry is regulated.

The Independent Water Commission, led by former Bank of England Deputy Governor Sir Jon Cunliffe, has recommended scrapping Ofwat entirely and replacing it, along with other regulators such as the Environment Agency and Natural England, with a single, powerful body.