The Infrastructure Bill which has been the subject of heated debate in Parliament  in recent weeks over regulations related to fracking gained Royal Assent and passed into law today.

The energy sector regulator Ofgem has gone out tender with a contract worth up to £100 million for consultancy services on a wide range of issues and sectors, including energy, water, competition and market behaviour, on behalf of a number of other Government organisations.

Water UK is warning that the forthcoming EU review of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive may be taken as an opportunity to seek ever tighter restrictions on water quality, without supporting evidence of the economic and social consequences of such decisions.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is calling for shale fracking should be put on hold in the UK because it is incompatible with our climate change targets and could pose significant localised environmental risks to public health.

A new report by the UK Regulators Network (UKRN) launched to better understand affordability pressures across regulated sectors has found that water bills are more affordable for households than energy and telecoms.