The Chief Executive and Chair of South East Water (SEW), together with the chiefs of Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Consumer Council for Water, will appear before the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affais (EFRA) Committee for further questioning next week on 14^th April as part of its Reforming the water sector inquiry.

Thames Water has announced the launch today of a ninth set of consent requests relating to the continued availability of the Super Senior Issuer funding - if granted, the consents will allow the company to draw a further £205 million of the Facility in April 2026.

Water UK, the organisation which represents all the UK water companies is asking whether they are able to spend enough on maintaining their assets following a conference of engineers, economists and government policy officials in London last month.

With the conflict in the Middle East driving instability across global fuel markets, the government says it is taking action to strengthen Britain's long-term energy independence and deliver clean homegrown power by appointing a Lead Environmental Regulator for Sizewell C and Lighthouse Green Fuels.