The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released its first assessment of the new Government’s progress on reducing emissions - the independent, statutory body says that with more action UK will hit its legally binding climate targets.

River Action has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with a legal challenge against water sector Ofwat for a full court hearing to challenge the approach the regulator took when it set the amounts that water companies can charge their customers at the 2024 Price Review.

Two new Water (Special Measures) Act measures came into force yesterday - water companies will now have to publish plans to reduce pollution incidents and address the use of nature-based solutions when managing wastewater.

Directors at the Environment Agency, Defra and Ofwat have written to senior executives at all of the water companies in England to reaffirm their joint expectation that the companies should focus on delivering the commitments and investments set out in their water resources management plan (WRMP) “starting straight away.”

Is our water system broken? The latest episode of the Committee Corridor podcast out today sees Environmental Audit Committee Chair Toby Perkins sit down with leading water campaigner Feargal Sharkey to discuss the UK’s water woes, before hearing from the Chairs of Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Public Accounts committees about their work to investigate the issues besetting the water sector.