The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has published its forward programme setting out its delivery priorities for 2024-25.

Ofwat has today published a series of commitments that Thames Water will agree to comply with after it lost two investment grade credit ratings; the company breached its licence following the credit rating downgrades by Moody’s on 24 July and S&P on 31 July.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on draft new rules and guidance which will apply in the event of any appeals by water companies against the Final Determinations Ofwat reaches in Price Reviews.

Ofwat has today proposed that three water companies will be fined a total of £168 million for failing to manage their wastewater treatment works and networks, as part of the first batch of outcomes from its biggest ever investigation.

Ofwat has published its latest cost of living report on water customers’ experiences in England and Wales– the fifth in a series which focuses on how bill payers are managing financially and the extent to which they are struggling with daily costs.

The protection and restoration of nature, clean water and managing the impacts of nutrients are priorities for The Office for Environmental Protection has set out its plans for the next two years – the protection and restoration of nature, clean water and managing the impacts of nutrients are priorities in the OEP’s Corporate Plan for 2024/25 to 2025/26.

The Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have written to environmental non-government organisations (NGOs) about using the value gained from enabling development to proceed quickly and smoothly to support nature recovery.

Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its draft guidance for an environmental incentives common framework – the regulator expects all parties, including developers, to collaborate and take a pragmatic approach to implementation.