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Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear

River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Water firms’ environmental performance sinks as serious pollution cases up 60%

The Environment Agency has called for a fundamental shift in culture and behaviour from English water firms in the light of ‘poor’ results.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low

Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

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Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines under new Environment Agency powers

Government consults on allowing regulator to use lower civil standard of proof and introducing automatic penalties

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025

Thames Water delays challenging watchdog’s ruling on bills amid rescue plan

The UK’s biggest water firm said it had agreed with Ofwat to defer the case until further notice.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025

The bills are water torture – and so is the regulatory process in England

Five suppliers can raise charges but Ofwat is able to celebrate a minor moral victory. The whole process feels surreal

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

The five utility companies cleared to increase water bill charges

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The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025

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Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025

Entry-level workers face AI ‘job-pocalypse’; US probes Tesla’s self-driving system – as it happened

Business leaders are prioritising automation through AI to fill skills gaps, rather than training junior employees, survey finds

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

Millions of households face jump in water bills after watchdog’s ruling

Five companies have been granted permission to increase their charges

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises

CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025

There are no good options at Thames Water. But temporary renationalisation is cleaner

Creditors may well succeed in their plea for lower standards, but at this point customers deserve to see some proper detail

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Thames Water lenders submit new rescue plan to avoid nationalisation

The London & Valley Water group of creditors has outlined plans to write off around £4 billion, or 25%, of the debt they hold in Thames Water.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Thames Water lenders propose new rescue deal to prevent collapse

London & Valley Water hope to eventually float Thames Water on the stock market after turning around the firm’s fortunes.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025

Pennon to return to profitability despite pressure from summer heatwave

The South West Water owner said it expects earnings to increase by 60% year-on-year.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation

Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

Thames Water paid £1m-plus to corporate spooks firm part-owned by Starmer adviser

Exclusive: Hakluyt – formerly run by Varun Chandra – has been advising utilities company as it tries to avoid renationalisation

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Surfing competition cancelled after raw sewage dumped into sea

Organisers of the English Interclub Surfing Championships say they were forced to call off the event after a red flag was raised following a sewage discharge into the sea

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

The best and worst performing water companies revealed by watchdog

Household complaints to the Consumer Council for Water have surged to a nine-year high

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Household complaints to water watchdog soar to highest level in nine years

The increasing number of complaints comes amid the steepest bill rises since the privatisation of the industry.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Two major UK water companies to pay out £86m over wastewater spills

Ofwat said it found a ‘range of failures’

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Anglian and South West Water to pay out £86m over wastewater spills

Ofwat said failures by the firms to maintain storm overflows and their sewage networks were ‘unacceptable’.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Rescue plan at Thames Water is still too murky

Creditors’ breezy description of their proposal gives a few selected highlights but lacks anything to reassure the poor old customers

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