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Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry

Water firms claim wet wipes, which shed microplastics and cause blockages, are main source of sewage pollution

Editorial: This precious resource should never have been privatised, and tougher regulation won’t solve the problem

A harder rain needs to fall on those responsible for the water crisis. Let Thames Water fail – it doesn’t deserve a bailout, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Britain's Labour government has decided to scrap Ofwat and establish a new watchdog to prevent "abuses of the past."

Ignore the Government spin. The recommendations of the Cunliffe Review are simply putting lipstick on a pig and fall pitifully short of the radical reform that’s needed to end the sewage scandal. So, Prime Minister, don’t take us for fools. If you let the water companies keep raking in profits…

The Government is abolishing Ofwat as part of a shake-up of water sector regulation.

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COMMENT: There is much to recommend in Sir Jon Cunliffe’s 88-point plan, says Sean O’Grady – not least that it paves the way for the utility to be brought back into public hands