Category: Press

  • Six water firms in England ‘overcharged customers by up to £1.5bn’

    Six water companies overcharged customers between £800m and £1.5bn by “significantly or systematically” underreporting the true scale of their sewage pollution of rivers and waterways, a tribunal has heard. Read more

  • ‘STINKERS’ Water companies’ customers could share £800m in compensation from sewage discharges lawsuit

    Customers of England’s biggest water companies could share £800million in compensation if a lawsuit which kicks off next week is eventually successful. The class action, the first of its kind, will begin on Monday and consider whether the firms failed to reveal the scale of their sewage spills and overcharged customers as a result. Read…

  • British water companies fight $2 billion lawsuits over sewage pollution

    Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal on Monday. Read more

  • Good Morning Britain 23 September

    Watch Good Morning Britain Show 23rd September 2024. Read more

  • Six English water companies accused of overcharging customers by up to £1.5bn

    Six water companies in England have been accused of overcharging customers between £800mn and £1.5bn by under-reporting the full scale of their sewage pollution, in a case that could pave the way for bill payers to receive hundreds of millions of pounds in refunds. In a competition appeals tribunal on Monday, lawyers for Carolyn Roberts,…

  • How you could get money back on water bills as firms sued for £1.5bn

    Six of the UK’s biggest water companies have been taken to court this week in a case that could see them pay £1.5bn in compensation to their customers. The firms have been accused of under-reporting the number of raw sewage discharges they have made into waterways, allowing them to charge customers more than they would…