MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
South East Water chair quits after damning report into widespread Kent and Sussex supply failures Chris Train has resigned after an ‘exceptional failure of management and of corporate governance’ The Independent UK · May 1
Chair of South East Water resigns as MPs warn ‘no confidence’ in leadership Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down from the board effective immediately. Evening Standard · May 1
Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000 Most recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
English water firms spend £16.6m on legal fees over environmental breaches MPs on Commons committee describe figures as a waste and say money should have been used to fix infrastructure The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025
‘Outwitted’: have water companies managed to sidestep Labour’s bonus ban? Concerns loophole in 2025 act allows payouts at firms that repeatedly pollute England’s waterways with sewage The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2025
Ofwat should have to approve water firms’ bonuses and dividends, say MPs Report says billpayer funds are being used irresponsibly, after news that Thames Water paid bonuses from £3bn loan The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
Thames Water boss ordered to tell MPs if executives received bonus payments Chris Weston, boss of Britain’s biggest water company, faces questions over ‘paused’ executive bonus scheme The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025
Thames Water chairman rows back on comments over bonuses for bosses Sir Adrian Montague said he may have ‘misspoken’ during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs last week. Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
Thames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’ Environment secretary makes announcement after company’s chair said he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025
Thames Water chair could face questions after comments to MPs on bonuses Exclusive: Sir Adrian Montague told select committee paying bonuses out of emergency £3bn loan was insisted upon by creditors The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025
Delay farmer inheritance tax changes ‘to allow for better formulation’, say MPs Report says proposals ‘threaten to affect most vulnerable’, who would be helped by more time to seek advice The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025
Cross-party calls for Government to delay inheritance tax change The Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, which includes seven Labour MPs, said the impact of the plans was ‘disputed and unclear’. The Independent UK · May 15, 2025
Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024 MPs call for clarity over post-Brexit border checks on EU plant and food products Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks were due to start next week but committee raises concerns over delays to plan
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023 Tory environment select committee chair told to quit over ties to lobby group Campaigners call for Sir Robert Goodwill to resign as Guardian reveals he is also head of ‘destructive’ rural pressure group that backs trophy hunting
Belfast Live · Feb 17, 2023 Breeding dogs with extreme characteristics should be recorded as an abuse crime, says vet association The Progressive Veterinary Association wants all advertising of these animals banned and ownership made illegal
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022 Prospective EA chair refuses to divest from firm chosen for government project Alan Lovell says he sees no conflict of interest in Environment Agency role and having shares in Progressive Energy
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2022 Neil Parish: Tory MP at centre of Commons pornography scandal After a quiet 12-year parliamentary career, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton is under pressure to quit over allegations