21 July 2025, 15:59

By Giles Bristow

The Independent Water Commission’s final report, a ‘landmark’ moment for the beleaguered water industry, is not transformational.

It is nothing short of putting lipstick on a pig.

For years, the nation has been paying the price - in both our health and our skyrocketing water bills - for an utterly broken water industry model that revolves around profit and greed. Our treasured waters have become dumping grounds for raw sewage, whilst shareholders cash in on billions and water companies rack up astronomical debts.

And yet, despite overwhelming evidence, the Cunliffe Review and the Labour government’s response has fallen massively short of the real, systemic, transformational change that is needed to end the sewage crisis. This is not the ‘root and branch reform’ promised to the electorate. How can it be, if the actual root of the problem – a system that........

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