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Regulators have allowed water firms to raise bills significantly over the next five years. PA news agency asks why, and explains what happens next.

‘Complete reset’ of water industry needed in face of poor service, pollution and leaks, says Steve Reed

Thousands of farmers travelled to London on November 19 to protest the new government’s first budget and its imposition of new inheritance tax rules. Nearly a month later, on December 12, there was another protest, this time with more tractors, fewer celebrities, and only a tiny fraction of the media…

The Wildlife Trusts and WWF are among numerous bodies who have signed a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed raising their concerns.

Every local area will follow the same rules when the changes take effect from March

Under current legislation, some households are required to separate waste into seven bins.

It comes days after Storm Bert brought widespread chaos, flooding homes, roads and railway lines

Spending shortfall has seen 500 of 2,000 new protection projects abandoned despite growing severity of disasters

Warnings remain in England and Wales as ex Environment Agency chair says not enough is spent on flood defences

Hundreds of homes were left under water in England.

The Met Office insists Storm Bert was ‘well forecast’ – but that hasn’t stopped criticism from some quarters