Ofwat has agreed an increase of c £6 million in additional gate C development funding for the Poole Water Recycling and Transfer scheme. The solution owners, South West Water and Wessex Water, submitted their gate three reports and proposals on 30 January 2026 for assessment.

Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its proposed monitoring and assessment framework for the water companies AMP8 delivery plans - the PR24 investment is the largest in the water sector across England and Wales over the last 30 years.

Alongside the King’s Speech this morning, the Government has set out a more detailed briefing expanding on the brief statement in the Speech which said: “My Government will improve critical infrastructure with legislation to clean-up the water industry.”

The Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has published its final decision confirming that the White Horse Reservoir solution should continue to receive development funding to continue through the gated process to gate four.

The cross-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is warning that failures by Government to give clear guidance to regulators on economic growth could drive new investment away from the UK.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc (together South Staffordshire) £963,900 following a serious cyber attack that resulted in the personal information of 633,887 people being extracted and published on the dark web.

The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee has written to South East Water investors asking them to comment on board and executive leadership and explain the steps they will take to address water company failures raised in the Committee’s report on Failures at South East Water published on 1 May.