South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple failures
Ofwat investigated supplier over supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licenceSouth East Wate...
Yorkshire Water paid us £6,800 by mistake – and said to ‘enjoy’ the money
Only when Guardian Money contacted the company did it discover the cash was wages owed to its staffIn May, our suppli...
Ministers plan legally binding debt targets for England’s water companies
Exclusive: Move comes as allies of Andy Burnham work on proposals to take water companies into public controlMinister...
Severn Trent spared Ofwat fine after ‘serious’ waterwaste and sewage failures
Regulator found ‘unacceptable’ breaches in water company’s handling of drainage and sewage networkBusiness live – lat...
‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?
In the fifth of a series on nationalisation, we look at utilities – including the cost of ending private ownershipWil...
Thames Water creditors ‘will bid for company even if it is nationalised’
Group of 100 investors still discussing £10bn rescue proposal with officials from regulator Ofwat, says reportBusines...
Severn Trent doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay
Increase to long-term incentive plan means James Jesic could significantly outearn predecessor Liv GarfieldSevern Tre...
‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley
Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sectorGood news...
The tide is turning on Thames Water: special administration looks best | Nils Pratley
It is still not totally clear what the government wants but the political mood seems to be shifting towards a decisio...
Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government ‘objects to rescue deal’
Environment secretary reportedly raises concerns that customers would face ‘undue burden’ from £10bn planThames Water...
Public control of water and energy at heart of Burnham agenda, sources say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics...
Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham
Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for ...
What does Andy Burnham mean by more ‘public control’ of water and energy? He is too vague
The Manchester mayor is tapping into deep public frustration over the water industry but at some stage he needs to sa...
South East Water’s greatest failure was not contacting customers during winter outages, report finds
Fewer than one in 10 SEW customers satisfied with firm’s handling of supply crisis, which left tens of thousands with...
South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon
Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans‘My son is still suffering’: th...
‘My son is still suffering’: the ill effects of water contamination in ‘Brixham incident’
Physical and psychological impacts of a tap water parasite outbreak continue to be felt in south DevonSouth West Wate...
Kent residents struggle without water in a heatwave | Letter
Yvonne Singh says the government needs to hold South East Water to account after elderly and vulnerable residents had...