“HORRIBLE Taste In Your Mouth!” Household Water Bills To Rise By Average 21% Over Five Years

Household water bills in England and Wales are to rise by an average £19 a year over the next five years - a third less than the increase requested by companies, under draft proposals announced by Ofwat.
The regulator said water firms proposed increases averaging £144 over five years.
For example, Thames Water’s proposed increase of £191 by 2030 has been reduced to £99, while Severn Trent’s proposed rise of £144 has been cut to £93.
There are significant variations in price changes between firms.
Talk’s Jeremy Kyle discusses the story with lead campaigner of ‘We Own It’, calling for public ownership of water companies.
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[@oldshiny3012]

don't blame the companies they are in it for the money always have been , blame the Governments that have ruled the roosts they set the terms of what they can and can't do etc etc

[@seanboland3560]

The profits are theirs and the losses are ours, privatisation is the biggest con on the British people

[@kevinrobb86]

"Scottish Water is a statutory corporation, which means it is owned and controlled by the Scottish Government." in saying that we don't have a shortage of water

[@hevchip741]

I use buckets and rain water for flushing. I collect the cold water running from the tap before the hot comes through. Being disabled makes it hard carrying buckets but needs must

[@jaybrooks3452]

This is 2024 and it’s hard to believe that these despicable people are dumping untreated sewage into rivers and seas😡😡😡😡 I mean come on… corruption is abound greedy greedy selfish people

[@lawrenceroper]

Will anything be done? No. Will anyone be held to account? No. Will the taxpayer clear up the mess? Yes. It's way past time that the people negotiated themselves a better deal.

[@jamesrashbrook9485]

The environment agency has been investigating the water companies since 2021 so 3 years with no end of investigation in sight so no one will be held to account for years if ever....while investigation is ongoing public can't get any information because environment agency says it will prejudice there investigation so we have absolutely no idea how much we are being gouged for,normally information must be released yearly but not so with ongoing investigation

[@vjamesg100]

Starmer will do nothing about anything.

[@northnsouth6813]

"I DESERVE my £195,000 bonus because of my excellent performance running Thames Water", said CEO Chris Weston who received the bonus for his work from January to March 2024 boss of the debt-laden, scandal-hit firm. His chief financial officer, Alastair Cochran who had stepped in to be the interim CEO, also received a hefty £446,000 bonus taking his annual salary to £1.33million.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Kick the greedy private sector out of British Water and take it back into State ownership where the money charged to the public cannot be used to purchase yachts and such luxuries by it`s greedy share holders. Do not pay these criminals any more of your hard earned.

[@LerxstDirkandPratt]

That's unrestrained capitalism for you. Need a bit of socialism to balance things out.

[@supreme_overlord]

The bills are going up under socialism....

[@paulallum9503]

What do you expect when you increase the population and don’t make provision for the waste water the additional population make. Who wants a sewage treatment plant built near to where they live with all the additional storage capacity for the additional sewage.

[@duckndive.]

My area water company were a customer of mine. Trying to sell to them was like trying to get blood from a stone. At privatisation, they went ballistic, buying and spending money like the stuff they were purifying. Ever since the bills have gone up. Because mother earth provides it.

[@grahampestridge4368]

Labour should stop this. Reform should sort these problems out.

[@davidhowells-rl9li]

Exactly millions of pounds in bonuses? And not enough clean water to fill my cup? Time to take the water authorities back into the British public domain? Then get rid of executives and shair holders? Recruit new managers? And put them all on performance related weekly wage? No bonuses anymore ( calld streamlining)?.

[@WestleyKirton]

The water don't taste like it altah

[@NickNick-tp5cr]

Mines already gone up by £10 a month. I now pay £48 a month for a single person household.

[@dwb1980]

Get a water meter otherwise you're paying for a families worth

[@fazertace6837]

@@dwb1980you need to be in debt to the water company for a water meter to be installed. Idiotic concept tbh.

[@dwb1980]

@fazertace6837 maybe it depends on the water company? My mother was offered one but was never in debt. I think it was after her consumption increased when I moved back for a while.

[@johngoff8923]

Refuse to pay the rise, sorry you’ve had the money and failed on your contract to improve the system! They can’t put you in jail because we have no jail space left, your money is going straight out to shareholders, time to stand up against corruption, you only get a bonus if you have done a decent job! And it’s should be us the consumer who says if the job is a good’en or not !!!

[@nevrobinson8530]

All the bonuses should be stopped ,sorry but it’s down to the company and it’s shareholders to manage the company and they should put up with the losses not Joe Public,they are happy bunnies when they get massive payouts but expect ordinary people to face the losses…

[@garyoneill545]

It's been allowed by every past and present Goverment.I suppose when you retire from politics you need a safety net.

[@misfit2022]

Well in Oxford faeces were running down the Botley Road so not convinced any of the board should be receiving any bonuses

[@simplesimon5739]

Nice to see Labour getting of to a good start. I'm confident they have our best interests at heart. I'm of for a swim 🏊‍♂️ the water looks so tempting.

[@run2cat4run]

They just got in and it was Tories who sold off the water companies

[@simplesimon5739]

@run2cat4run What has that to do with f£££ all. It is a government department. It comes under the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs. So the Rwanda Bill and the Illegal Migration Act can be scrapped but they can do nothing about Ofwat. Cretin. Jog on!

[@ohno521]

What for making people drink there piss 😮 put that bonus into your lower wage workers , give them a fighting chance , better wages = happy workers

[@The-best-channel-on-youtube]

Waste water is a massive issue.. especially in areas that flood regularly. Yes Thames water has a bad name and is going under.. but its one among others all over the UK that have the same exact issue. As for tasting it.. I mean that part just wouldn't happen even when recycled.

[@adoremus4014]

This morning the BBC wrote the headline that bills would increase £95 by 2030. Two hours later they changed it to bills would increase £19 per year by 2030. See the games they play to try to make it appear less alarming?!!

[@chickenmadness1732]

Tbh nothing is stopping you from putting a bucket outside and collecting rain water lol.

[@run2cat4run]

Yay for capitalism

[@charlesfrancis6894]

If Labour does not end companies who give huge amounts to share holders and to their own higher management while being completely incompetent then Labour is part of the elitist establishment that also is in it for the personal lucrative salary and perks and SOON.

[@alberthead4806]

i get charged for 4 cubic metres of usage, but also get charged for 4 cubic metres of sewage charges, but a lot of water goes on watering my plants so do not go down the drain so i am being over charged, there must be a lot of people like that

[@skulptor]

'The Environment' is the best cash cow ever.

[@harryfoster6374]

Not forgetting foreign pension funds hem raging cash from the UK

[@stevedavies-pp7dp]

Of course they get bonus , that’s why they privatised it in the first place

[@foxxyfox4382]

What should be happening here is the shareholders and water company fat cats should be getting a 21% less bonus,they've spent years of taking all the profits for themselves whilst not investing in the infrastructure there meant to be looking after and now the bill payer yet again picks up the tab for there incompetence and greed

[@johnjewkes1766]

Why would Pesions funds want to invest more into infrastructure .

[@chrisspencer6502]

But remember if we privatise the nhs it will be different

[@darrencullen440]

Actually look into who really owns these companies!!!!!!! They are not English!!!!! So they don't care!!!!!

[@rockerjim8045]

the Chinese Govt !!!!

[@dwb1980]

​@@rockerjim8045unbelievable

[@vjamesg100]

Water needs to be privatised. It used to be. No sewage then. I remember it.

[@vjamesg100]

Nationalised. It rewrote it for me.

[@stequality]

Get what you vote for

[@Ratcatcher199]

Reform uk 🇬🇧 ex tories informing us how bad the tories are!… 😂😂😂😂 Then helping Labour towards 412 seats!!….too dumb to even grasp tactical voting or electoral procedure!!…Quite the angle😆much appreciated.. same again in five years

[@lawrenceroper]

The left all rushed out and got jabbed, there won't be enough of you left in 5 years lol.

[@user-cc3yc9ni3p]

PPL KNOW

[@user-cc3yc9ni3p]

WHY THE SILENCE ABOUT ROYALS

[@NickNick-tp5cr]

Why, are they keeping all the water?

[@user-cc3yc9ni3p]

@@NickNick-tp5cr PROTECTING PEDO ROYALS ??? BY CHAOS NO LAW