Responding to the news that water bills are set to rise by 53% in areas covered by Southern Water, the Liberal Democrat MPs for Mid Sussex, Lewes, Horsham, Eastbourne, and Chichester have branded the situation a “national scandal.”

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Water bills rise: Sussex Lib Dem MPs demand Ofwat is scrapped as bills set to increase by 53% in Southern Water areas

Water torture IT is stomach-churning to watch water utility executives being obscenely rewarded for serial failure, then hiking our prices by an average of 36 per cent. Your increase announced yesterday will be bad enough. But spare a thought for those relying on Southern Water. Around 73,000 homes in Southampton and Eastleigh lost their water entirely this week, yet household in the area will see their water bills hiked by 53 per centSolent Som…

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The Sun

Murdoch family

It is scandalous skint families will be forced to foot soaring water bill

Southern Water customers will face a 53% increase in bills over the next five years.

Shropshire Star

MNA Media

Ketley

Shropshire

Water outage hits thousands of homes as customers learn of bill rises

Regulator Ofwat announced Southern Water customers will face a 53% increase in bills over the next five years.

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London

Greater London

Resident calls bill rise ‘bonkers’ as thousands wait for water to return

Southern Water’s debt was downgraded to junk status this year, and regulators have prevented the company from paying its Australian owner any dividends.

Australian Financial Review

Nine Entertainment Co.

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

Macquarie’s embattled UK water asset gets go-ahead to jack up bills

Water has returned for around 38,000 households across Hampshire after thousands went without supplies following a “technical issue”, but residents remain frustrated over increased bills. The disruption comes as households served by Southern Water discovered their bills would see the highest increase in the country. The firm said it will work through the night to restore water for the remaining households after homes in Southampton, Romsey, East…

Jersey Evening Post

Claverley Group

Southern Water customers’ taps ran dry or lost pressure after a fault at one of its supply works“It feels awful,” said Samantha Hargreaves as she trundled her bottle-laden trolley past queues of cars waiting for drinking water in an Asda car park. It was the second year in a row that her water supply had […]

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‘These water companies have got a damn nerve’: anger in England as 58,000 homes lose supply while bills surge

Thousands of homes in Hampshire are still without water following a “technical issue” at a supply works, as households discovered their bills…

hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Southern Water customers face fifty-three per cent increase in bills

Regulator Ofwat announced Southern Water customers will face a 53% increase in bills over the next five years.  Water has returned for around 38,000 households across Hampshire after thousands went without supplies following a “technical issue”, but residents remain frustrated over increased bills. The disruption comes as households served by Southern Water discovered their bills would see the highest increase in the country. The firm said it wi…

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Southern Water will be the first water company to appear before MPs to discuss the reasons for, and its response to, the water outages currently seeing schools close, and hospitals struggle in southern England. This is part of the Reforming the water sector inquiry launched by the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) this week. Southern has received the highest bill rise settlement of all companies include…

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