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London water bills to be slashed by £100 million as regulators hit out at Thames Water leaks and spills

Londoners will be paying over £100 million less to Thames Water next year as the company was hit the hardest by a crackdown from regulators.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2023

Water firms in England and Wales ordered to cut £114m from bills

Fewer than half of companies meeting their targets on leaks, says the regulator, Ofwat

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

Water companies ‘need single social tariff in England and Wales’

Consumer body says vulnerable households face ‘postcode lottery’, with each firm setting its own tariff

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

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‘Unacceptable’: how raw sewage has affected rivers in England and Wales – in maps

Hundreds of thousands of raw sewage discharges were recorded last year. These maps show where these were and what the impact is

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Ministers may have broken law over sewage dumping in England, says watchdog

Government may be letting firms discharge raw sewage more often than law allows, says Office for Environmental Protection

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Filthy sewer overflow scandal: Ministers may have breached environmental laws, warns eco-watchdog

Investigation launched into Environment Department, Environment Agency and regulator Ofwat

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023

Water chiefs condemned over ‘scandal’ of sewage in Thames

Teddington waterworks plan blasted as harmful and unnecessary

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

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Southern Water owner Macquarie invests further £550m

Australian investment bank funds troubled UK utility’s overhaul of pipes and sewage works

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023

Londoners could receive millions in compensation as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Anyone who has paid water bills to one of six companies from April 2020 may be entitled to compensation

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2023

Water firms face £800m legal action after ‘underreporting sewage discharges’

Six companies, including Thames Water and Severn Trent Water, could end up paying over £800mn to millions of customers if these claims are successful

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Sewage spills mapped as overspills in protected areas ‘topped 300,000 hours last year’

Lake District and Dorset Coasts among beauty spots hit by sewage overflow

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

Bring in new lobbying rules for ex-ministers by autumn, says watchdog

Acoba chair Eric Pickles says new rules should be made in time for Rishi Sunak’s next reshuffle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

Thames Water has failed to install any smart meters yet in £70m green scheme

Company admits delay in rolling out devices to 204,700 customers, with deadline less than two years away

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Severn Trent likely to be allowed to charge customers £60m extra

Water firm tells investors it is on track to claim reward for exceeding its own customer service targets

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Thames Water boss warns people with bigger gardens could pay more

Water chief also says ‘progressive charging system’ should be considered

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Calls for inquiry into appointments of Ofwat chairs past and present

Campaigners raise concerns about water industry links as Lib Dems say watchdog should be abolished

Bangkok Post · Jul 10, 2023

British water privatisation offers cautionary tale

Bills are never popular. They're especially unwelcome when it comes to paying for something that falls from the sky. Unfortunately, as Britain's water systems struggle under financial mismanagement and the pressures of climate change, higher water costs are something consumers are all going to have to swallow.

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Thames Water still faces slow drip over funding

Monday’s announcement is not a ‘major milestone’ – choppy waters remain, such as the price review

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023

Inside the capital’s water crisis — are Londoners’ taps about to run dry?

After years of piling on debt and sucking out profits to pay shareholders rather than improve infrastructure, Thames Water is near collapse — leaving the city 24 hours away from having its supply turned off. Claire Cohen investigates

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023

Thames Water’s former CEO handed half a million pounds as higher bills help keep it afloat

Shareholders put in another £750 million to heavily indebted company

The Week · Jul 5, 2023

How to save money on your water bill

Households could see their water bills rise next year as providers aim to tackle sewage spills and meet environmental requirements.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Ofwat boss denies water industry badly regulated as he predicts higher bills

David Black says water firms’ debt is ‘their issue to sort out’ because regulator did not have powers to tackle problem until recently

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Rail firms unveil plans for mass closure of England’s ticket offices to ‘modernise’ railway – as it happened

Plans will ramp up battle with unions; boss of water watchdog says higher water bills are coming to fund infrastructure improvements

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

Private equity is failing water companies again. Get these firms back on the stock market

Listing would allow the market to be admirably brutal – inflicting pain on the owners and forcing management changes

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