The Committee on Climate Change, the UK Government’s independent adviser on climate change, says early action in the new Parliament is needed to keep the UK’s emissions reductions on track and to adapt to climate change, including measures to address water scarcity and increasing flood risk.

Leading engineers have urged Government to “act with caution” when making spending cuts in areas such as flood risk management, that could impact on the resilience of the UK and its infrastructure networks.

The UK Regulators Network has launched a new consultation seeking views on its proposals to help make the process of crossing or working near the pipes, wires and other equipment of utility network operators easier, quicker and cheaper.

The UK Regulators Network, which counts Ofwat, Ofgem, the Civil Avlation Authority, Ofcom and the Office of Rail Regulation among its members, has published a report setting out the results of the first phase of its Cross-sector Resilience project and its plans for further work in phase two.

The Planning Inspectorate has been notified that the developers of the Tidal Lagoon Swansea project intend to make a new application for a new tidal lagoon at Cardiff.

Glasgow-based construction company RJ McLeod has won the main £31m-plus construction works contract to build the Selkirk Flood Protection Scheme.

The Government has brought  down infrastructure costs for the third year running, according to the third annual report of the Infrastructure Cost Review programme published today by HM Treasury.

The Institution of Civil Engineers’ latest State of the Nation report has warned that “tough choices” must be made over prioritising future infrastructure projects and highlighted inadequate resilience to flooding and the decline in maintenance of flood defences, with water ranked as "adequate for now."

Today’s Queen’s Speech, which covers the last Parliamentary session before the general election in 2015, contains a number of key measures with the potential for significant impact on the water sector.

The public need to be convinced that tough choices on upgrading national infrastructure are necessary, according to a new poll of more than 1000 members of the public by Ipsos MORI for the CBI.