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Nils Pratley: Bondholders are hoping to escape intact if Ofwat is sufficiently generous with its increases in bills

Exclusive: Fears customers will end up paying twice for work needed in order to comply with legal pollution limits

Exclusive: Whitehall warns firm’s deteriorating infrastructure and £15.6bn debt pose urgent problem

Stephen Fry and other celebrities join unions and activists in calling on PM to launch review of water ownership

Keir Starmer’s Labour party has won the UK general election in a landslide. Its huge majority should, in theory, give Starmer the clout to see through most of his political agenda. But in reality, the victory celebrations might prove short-lived, given the size of the challenges in front of him.

Privatised water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers and the sea around England and Wales for 3.6 million hours in 2023 – double the previous year’s total. For a sense of how bad the problem is today, check this map of the south-east of the UK which shows how much…

Debt-laden utility urged to show greater transparency as it faces investigation by industry regulator Ofwat

The crisis-hit utilities company could quickly spoil the post-election mood for whichever party wins next week

Exclusive: Ofwat to investigate circumstances around payment of dividend to intermediate parent company