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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 · Jul 24, 2025

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) · Jul 22, 2025

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) · Jul 22, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

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."

Euronews · Jul 21, 2025

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…

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

Ofwat to be scrapped as sewage spills hit record levels

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The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2025

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

Ideal Home · Jul 21, 2025

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

Changes are afoot after the release of the damning report

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025