Water firms 'deaf to crisis' warn MPs

THE water sector is in need of “root-and- branch reform', a committee of MPs has said as it called for “much more regulated management” of bonuses for senior bosses.

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THE water sector is in need of “root-andbranch reform’, a committee of MPs has said as it called for “much more regulated management” of bonuses for senior bosses.

The cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has said that the industry is “failing”, but that water companies are “deaf to the crisis” that it is facing.

In their report, Priorities For Water Sector Reform released today, the MPs argue that the Government “should feel able to use its temporary nationalisation powers” when needed.