The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new paper setting out the key findings from its programme of work on vulnerable consumers.

Ofwat Chairman Jonson Cox is warning UK water companies to get ready for a period of “peak intrusion.”

The National Infrastructure Commission has today launched an inquiry into what future changes may be needed to ensure regulation of the energy, telecoms and water sectors supports investment and innovation while at the same time keeping costs down for consumers.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the impact of toxic chemicals in everyday life on human health and the environment.

A recent Parliamentary debate in the House of Commons on the future of the UK water sector saw calls for the water companies in England to be based on the Scottish Water public sector model or the Welsh Water ownership model with “democratic public ownership” via new consumer and employee trusts.

In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Colm Gibson, managing director of Berkeley Research Group's London-based economic regulation practice, explores some key issues around the continuing renationalisation debate and Ofwat’s 2019 Price Review.

In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Richard Whale, water market director for Atkins (a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group), provides a viewpoint of Ofwat’s interim responses to the PR19 submissions.