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Ofwat hikes bills amid hosepipe bans

Ofwat approved £3.4bn in fresh water bill hikes the same week 27 million people were put under hosepipe bans.

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Hosepipe-ban billpayers fund Thames Water’s £1m bonus

Thames Water customers under a hosepipe ban are funding a £1m bonus for the firm's new finance chief, paid from…

Low water in the stream bed at Colt Crag Reservoir, Northumberland, England, amid hosepipe bans 2026 and dry grassland.

27 million now under hosepipe bans

Drought has spread to nine of England's 14 water regions, and farmers say the country's food supply is now exposed.