Uisce Éireann says the completion of the €13.5 million upgrade to Castlemartyr Wastewater Treatment Plant means Castlemartyr now has the wastewater infrastructure needed to support housing and future growth, while delivering improvements to the water quality in the River Kiltha.

Ofwat has this morning confirmed provisional approval for £3.4 billion of funding for 13 water companies o improve infrastructure, support growth and improve the environment.

As the government establishes its 10-year strategy for infrastructure investment, a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has set out the key lessons when considering the use of private finance for public infrastructure projects.

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will continue its inquiry on the work of Ofwat by taking evidence from Thérèse Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 3pm tomorrow.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has appointed John Flint as the first permanent Chief Executive Officer of the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB).

In its final comments to the Competition and Markets Authority in the PR19 appeals inquiry, Ofwat has told the CMA that the latest stages of the process have seen the consumer voice “drowned out” with the submissions made to the CMA “increasingly…dominated by the well-resourced company and investor voice.”

In the latest stage of the PR19 appeals inquiry, iCON Infrastructure LLP has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA ) saying it is “deeply concerned” about “the highly aggressive posture adopted by Ofwat in response to the redeterminations generally, including threats of judicial review following the CMA’s Provisional Findings.”

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is calling on the Government to make it mandatory for all large companies and asset owners—such as pension funds—to report their exposure to climate change risks and opportunities by 2022.

Mid-market infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners is buying South Downs Capital, the parent company of Portsmouth Water.

Balfour Beatty is calling on the Government to bring forward ‘shovel ready’ schemes, including flood defence works, in its‘Small Scale, Big Impact: Infrastructure and Economic Regeneration’ paper published today.