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Campaigners launch legal challenge against Ofwat for making customers pay its failures
People take part in the Clean Water march in central London, to demand tougher action on keeping Britain's rivers and seas clean, November 3, 2024

CAMPAIGNERS launched a legal challenge against Ofwat today, accusing the water regulator of unlawfully forcing customers to foot the bill for decades of neglect by the industry. 

River Action launched the challenge on the same day water bills per year in England and Wales increased by an average of £123.

The challenge centres on Ofwat’s 2024 price review, which granted “enhanced funding” to United Utilities.

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