Ofwat a ‘soft touch’ for response to Thames

MPs have succeeded in ruffling a few feathers at Ofwat by criticising the regulator over its treatment of Thames Water. Will it do any good?

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has called Ofwat a “soft touch” in its relations with Thames Water, dubbing those dealings a “sorry saga of delay and inaction”.

At a meeting on 28 January, MPs discussed a report issued by the National Audit Office (NAO) which found “inherent weaknesses in information on demand for water and leakage”, and which ...

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