Millions of households in England and Wales will struggle to pay their water bills when they go up, a consumer watchdog has warned. The water regulator, Ofwat, has provisionally said bills would rise by an average of £19 a year - or 21% - between 2025 and 2030.

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Water bill rises: Warning millions will struggle to pay

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9gve1grjmo Getty ImagesMillions of households in England and Wales will struggle to pay their water bills when they go up, a consumer watchdog has warned.The water regulator, Ofwat, has provisionally said bills would rise by an average of £19 a year – or 21% – between 2025 and 2030.But in a survey of 9,500 households carried out by the Consumer Council for… Source

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The figure is more than double the 18% who say they have difficulty paying their current bill, the Consumer Council for Water said.

The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

Two in five households will struggle with water bill increases, report warns

Regulator Ofwat is under pressure from both campaigners who say proposed price hikes are too high, and firms who argue they should be more to fund vital investment

Daily Mirror

Reach plc

Millions of households will be unable to afford huge water bill increases

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Shropshire

Evening Standard

Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

Thousands of people in England and Wales would spend less on non-essential items or even food to help offset higher water and sewage bills being proposed for 2025.

Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

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Howard Buffett

BlackRock

United States

Britons Would Skimp on Food Costs to Offset Higher Water Bills

54% of people say they are now going to have to cut back to pay for their water

Bristol Post

Bristol

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New water bills will be too much to pay for 40 per cent of people

The figure is more than double the 18 who say they have difficulty paying their current bill, the Consumer Council for Water said.

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Northern Ireland

Two in five households across England and Wales say they will find it difficult to afford the increases to water bills being proposed by the regulator […]

Warning millions will struggle to pay water bill rises

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