Final report into 'broken' water industry says regulator Ofwat should be scrapped

Public ownership only answer to water industry crisis not another failed regulator, Unite the union warns

Unite the union, Britain’s leading trade union representing water industry workers, has warned that public ownership is the only answer to the water industry crisis not another failed regulator. It comes after the publication of a once-in-a-generation review of the water industry, which called, among its recommendations, for a new single integrated regulator to replace existing water watchdogs, mandatory water metering, and a social tariff for v…

Why don't we let Thames Water go bust?

Why can’t they capture some of that extra water and provide the water we want rather than trying to patronise us.

Bucks stakeholders react to announcement of Ofwat being scrapped

Chesham MP and River Chess campaign group have reacted to the government's announcement that Ofwat will be scrapped.

MP praises fact that regulator at centre of sewage dumping crisis will be replaced

The regulator at the centre of the sewage crisis will be scrapped and replaced under new government plans.

UK water regulator to be scrapped as Labour vows ‘generational’ reform

The Government’s calling it a ‘water revolution’ and the biggest overhaul of the industry in a generation. Out goes the current regulator – Ofwat – in favour of a single body which ministers promise would act in the public as well as the private interest. It follows a major independent review into water companies.

Ofwat to be abolished and pollution halved in water industry ‘revolution’

Water industry review: Steve Reed, the environment secretary, said the current regulatory system was broken and vowed action