The Commission was handicapped as its terms of reference precluded it from considering public ownership of the water industry in England. So, it had to come up with fixes to make the current private ...

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Liberal Democrat MPs have welcomed the Government's decision to scrap Ofwat. The move has been described as a major step ...

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Wales is to have its own water watchdog, the Welsh and UK governments have announced. It comes after a review called for the ...

Debt-laden Thames Water, the country’s biggest water company, is trying to stave off “special administration” (a form of ...

Labour's plan to scrap Ofwat criticized as mere rearrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic amid water crisis discussions.

Britain will create a new powerful regulator for its water industry following public fury over sewage spills, accepting the ...

Steve Reed said the water industry is "broken" and has been allowed to fail under a "regulatory system that let them get away with it". Speaking in south-west London, he said: "Our rivers, lakes and ...

England and Wales will replace Ofwat with a new powerful water regulator, the government has announced. Find out more.

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