The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is warning that the Government is simply not doing enough to protect the UK’s current housing stock from floods or stepping in to prevent new homes being built on flood plains.

The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID ) says the accelerated gate one submissions for strategic regional water resource solutions in Southern Water’s western area presented costs that were “significantly higher” than those published in the 2019 water resources management plan (WRMP).

Anglian Water engineers have completed work on a £9million scheme in Ludham, Norfolk that will maintain water supplies to 3,000 homes while protecting the precious environment of Catfield Fen.

 Tideway has completed the ninth and final shaft in the £4.2 billion Thames supersewer project.

Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale is to take the pioneering step of carrying out a set of simultaneous pipejacks from a single shaft at the North London Heat & Power Project in Edmonton.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published the first sector-wide skills plan for construction, developed by industry.

Water UK, the industry body representing water and wastewater companies, has launched a public consultation on building an ambitious, long-term Vision for the water sector in England.

Ofwat has set out the reasons for its decision to modify the licences of five water companies to give effect to its Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) initiative.

The National Infrastructure Commission is calling on both Government and the water sector to keep up the momentum in 2021 on water resource planning.

Milton Keynes Council is intending to commission a 'City Wide Infrastructure Study' as part of a comprehensive suite of background evidence studies that can inform and support future policy making.