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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 Guardian - UK

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

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

The Independent UK

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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.

Evening Standard

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

Ofwat said it found a ‘range of failures’

The Independent UK

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’.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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Thames Water to do fewer improvement projects under lenders’ new rescue plan

New consortium says infrastructure projects must be cut back to make beleaguered company viable again

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water unveil £20.5 billion action plan to revive struggling water firm

Thames Water is on the brink of nationalisation as it struggles under a mountain of debts

The Independent UK

Thames Water creditors outline £20.5bn investment aims under rescue plans

The London & Valley Water consortium is pledging to ‘fix the foundations’ of Thames Water with the mammoth spending proposal put forward to Ofwat.

Evening Standard

English water firms spend £16.6m on legal fees over environmental breaches

MPs on Commons committee describe figures as a waste and say money should have been used to fix infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Water hires former Sydney Water executive as new boss

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, which supplies water to most of Wales, Deeside and Herefordshire, appointed Roch Cheroux as its new chief executive.

Evening Standard

Thames Water agrees payment plan for £123m sewage and dividend fines

Ofwat gives the company breathing space as it scrambles to secure funding to avoid nationalisation

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water agrees new £122m fine payment plan amid concerns over its future

Campaign group River Action slammed it as a ‘sweetheart deal’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Thames Water to pay fifth of record £122.7m fines by end of September

The remaining 80% is dependant on the financial security and future of the debt-laden water supplier, but a backstop has been set for March 31 2030.

The Guardian - UK

The only way to solve England’s water crisis

Letters: Dr Ruth Sinclair and Dr Jill Vincent suggest replacing Ofwat’s monetary fines with state-owned voti

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat – what are they thinking of?

Letters: A drought of ideas | Double-yolkers | Our beautiful launderettes | Good Friday dispute | Potato planting

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

Mayors write to Yorkshire Water with ‘serious concerns’ over undisclosed CEO pay

The region’s four mayors said payments worth £1.3m made to boss Nicola Shaw via an offshore parent company were a ‘fundamental breach of trust’.

The Guardian - UK

England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard

The Guardian - UK

Raw sewage reported ‘seeping’ on to beach from Welsh Water pumping station

Senedd member demands Welsh Water invest in infrastructure after sewage leaked on to West Shore beach

The Independent UK

Ofwat appoints interim chief executive after David Black departure

Chris Walters, senior director for the price review, will take the helm from August 30

Evening Standard

Ofwat appoints interim chief executive as current boss Black steps down

Chris Walters, senior director for the price review, will take the helm from August 30, Ofwat announced on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat chief executive to step down ahead of regulator’s abolition

David Black’s decision comes amid intense scrutiny of water companies and criticism of the sector

The Independent UK

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

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