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Chinese firm could take over failing Thames Water marred by £16 billion worth of debts and sewage scandal

Ministers are preparing to take Britain’s biggest water supplier into temporary public ownership

Evening Standard

Thames Water: advisers appointed to plan for company’s potential collapse

FTI Consulting seen as frontrunner to advise on placing the utility into a special administration regime

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream

Environment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire

The Guardian - UK

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Ofwat chief David Black to step down with regulator set to be abolished

Mr Black, who took over as Ofwat's boss in 2021, decided the time is right for him to pursue new opportunities

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on water boss’s undisclosed bonus: Labour won’t fix a system it won’t confront

Despite tough talk on sewage and pay, ministers refuse to challenge the water industry’s broken model – leaving private capital in charge of a troubled public service

The Guardian - UK

Charity in legal action against minister for failing to act over Thames Water

River Action says failure to publish and put into practice policy on nationalisation of failing water firms is unlawful

The Guardian - UK

England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways

Environment secretary says Defra will be launching changes to post-Brexit scheme for sustainable farming

The Guardian - UK

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MPs urge ministers to introduce long-awaited rules on supply chain deforestation

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has been urged to set a date for proposed forest-risk commodity rules to come into force.

Evening Standard

Broadcast watchdog called in over Labour's 'misleading' Scottish water claim

AN interview in which a top Labour minister’s claim that “pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England” went unchallenged…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Water hits back at UK minister's 'inaccurate' pollution comments

SCOTTISH Water has hit back at a UK Minister’s comments about water pollution in Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

Environment Secretary urged to apologise for ‘misleading’ Scottish water claims

Holyrood’s Climate Action and Energy Secretary has written to Steve Reed about ‘inaccurate and misleading comments’ about water quality in Scotland.

Evening Standard

SNP minister calls on UK counterpart to retract 'misleading' Scottish water comments

Scotland’s Climate Secretary has called on a UK minister to retract his “inaccurate and misleading” comments regarding the quality of water in…

The National (Scotland)

Homes and factories ‘can be built faster’ with water reforms, says Reed

The Environment Secretary described supply and sewage infrastructure as being ‘critical for housing development’.

Evening Standard

‘Broken’ water industry in England and Wales faces tighter controls under new watchdog

Ofwat abolished as ministers adopt Cunliffe review ideas such as sewage map naming and shaming firms

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The Guardian - UK

Cunliffe’s reforms for water should have happened 20 years ago

His review goes to the heart of one main problem: the sector’s fragmented, overlapping and inflexible regulatory system

Euronews

UK to create new water regulator after crisis at Thames Water

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

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why this water industry 'shake up' is doomed to fail

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 Independent UK

Key questions answered on water reforms to protect consumers and environment

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

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The Independent UK

Ofwat to be scrapped as sewage spills hit record levels

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Government announces water regulator Ofwat will be abolished - everything you need to know and how it will affect your household

A brand new watchdog will oversee water companies in the UK - this is everything we know so far

Evening Standard

What was said in the water report? All the key points

Changes are afoot after the release of the damning report

International Business Times

UK Overhauls Regulation Of 'Broken' Water System

The UK government announced Monday it will overhaul the management and regulation of the water system, following a landmark report that slammed systematic failings in the heavily-criticised industry.

The Independent UK

Voices: The Cunliffe report on our failing water industry will make a splash

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

Evening Standard

‘Never again’: Regulatory reform pledged to prevent repeat of water bill hikes

The Government said reforms of water sector regulation will protect customers and the environment.

Evening Standard

Ofwat scrapped to end water regulation that ‘failed customers and environment’

A new single regulator will replace four separate bodies to cut pollution and protect customers from future bill hikes.

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