Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) has announced the next stage of its Cwm Taf Water Supply Strategy, the largest infrastructure investment in the company’s history with a current estimated total value of £667.2 million including VAT.

Widespread news reports in the press and online media during the course of last week, over the weekend and today are suggesting that if Andy Burnham, who will shortly be appointed as the UK’s new prime minister, moves to nationalise Thames Water, the creditors will launch a legal challenge.

Iain Coucher, Ofwat Chairman has written to Emma Reynolds MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs saying the economic regulator shares the concerns expressed by the Minister in her letter of 16 June 2026 regarding the London and Valley Water Consortium’s proposal for the recapitalisation and turnaround of Thames Water.

A research study commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found that the Government Support Package (GSP) provided for the Thames Tideway Tunnel could serve as the financial model for other large scale infrastructure projects with a large public benefit - for example nuclear power stations and water reservoirs.

Thames Water came in for swingeing criticism from MPs in Parliament in response to Emma Reynolds, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, ministerial statement to the House of Commons yesterday.

Ofwat has published updated guidance for stakeholders and water companies on its regulatory and commercial expectations where water companies are developing projects to be delivered using Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC).

The cross-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is warning that failures by Government to give clear guidance to regulators on economic growth could drive new investment away from the UK.

Glenigan is warning that UK construction is facing “dire straits” as the US-Iran war continues with the release of its May 2026 edition of its Construction Index.

The Government has published the Terms of Reference for appointing a Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State at the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Water Reform Transition.

United Utilities has today announced an equity issue to raise gross proceeds of c. £800 million to fully fund the equity element of c. £2.5 billion of its incremental investment for the AMP8 period 2025-30.