Water bill increase is 'rubbish for people already struggling'

FRUSTRATION WITH ABOVE-INFLATION HIKE

- By ANDREW SPENCE

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WITH Yorkshire Water bills set to rise this spring, we went in to Hull city centre to see how the public feel about facing a further rise in the cost of living.

The water provider has announced that from April an average bill increase by 5.6 per cent - around £2.80 per month.

Yorkshire Water says the above-inflation price rise will help to fund £8.3bn investment programme, which the provider says "will improve customer service and environmental outcomes across the region".

Regardless of how the money could be spent, we found people in Hull to be less than enthusiastic about the price hike.

Often when we head out into Hull to get people's opinions on a topic that's in the news, we get a wider range of views. On this occasion, however, there appeared to be firm consensus among the people we spoke to in the city who shared a sense of frustration while also being resigned to the fact that there is little people can do when water bills rise.