Millions of people have been told their water bills will be hiked – in the midst of mass hosepipe bans and with three quarters of the country in drought.
Andy Burnham‘s vow to bring down the cost of living was in tatters yesterday after the water regulator announced bills will rise again for more than 30million people.
Ofwat was branded ‘toothless’ after it granted five water suppliers permission to raise bills above previously agreed levels – despite them losing billions of litres to leaks.
The Prime Minister said he was ‘angry’ at water companies using customers ‘as a blank cheque’ but has been
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