The latest response by water regulator Ofwat on social tariff guidance has highlighted the increasingly complexity of the requirement for water companies to consult with stakeholders on the price setting process and their forthcoming AMP6 Business Plans.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the recently completed acquisition of Cambridge Water PLC by South Staffordshire Plc to the Competition Commission .

A report in the Guardian newspaper says the European Commission is warning that wasting valuable natural resources could lead to scarcity, price rises and increase the threat of recession in the European Union. The EU Environment Commissioner is also calling for the EU to eliminate environmentally-harmful subsidies – including water pricing schemes which do not recover fully water use costs. 

The Government has accepted all of the key recommendations of the Löfstedt Review of health and safety legislation - and plans to end the "gold-plating" of European Union regulation.

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Water industry regulator Ofwat has confirmed that the five yearly price review process will stay for the time being – despite criticism from a number of quarters, including the adverse impacts on the water industry supply chain.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has published the results of an independent report on sewerage planning and drainage area plans by water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.