Water Bills

[Cherie]

So how much did yours go up by? ours went up by 19%

This was all done very quietly, dont recall getting any notification, it just went up, usually when your DD changes you get a notification...nada, just a note on my account to say the DD is changing from May... I have heard that some people think under Thames went up 54% and these rises are governed by Ofwat, they must be having a laugh surely

[AnnieK]

Mine was up by about 20%. I thought it was an error so rang....bloody ludicrous

[arista]

So how much did yours go up by? ours went up by 19%

This was all done very quietly, dont recall getting any notification, it just went up, usually when your DD changes you get a notification...nada, just a note on my account to say the DD is changing from May... I have heard that some people think under Thames went up 54% and these rises are governed by Ofwat, they must be having a laugh surely


Yes
the Labour Party
can not afford to take over near bankrupt Thames Water


So these increases
have Labour's Permission.

[Crimson Dynamo]

we dont get them here

[Vanessa]

Mine is pretty good at the moment. But I've applied for a discount. Not sure I'll get it, but worth a try.

[user104658]

we dont get them here

We do, it's built into council tax payment, and most did go up this year (by 8% - 10%).

[Barry.]

Ours are a package deal

[Cherie]

Mine was up by about 20%. I thought it was an error so rang....bloody ludicrous

Unbelievable and not a word about it

[Cherie]

we dont get them here

We do, it's built into council tax payment, and most did go up this year (by 8% - 10%).

Ours are a package deal

Of course, you lot get so many perks, but still moan :fist:

[user104658]

Of course, you lot get so many perks, but still moan :fist:

Honestly in this case it's not that different to most parts of England, it's a flat fee collected through council tax same as the flat fee paid in England, at least anywhere I've stayed in England... Not sure if anywhere still has actual water meters? But yeah it's clearly separated out on the bill, there's a council tax amount + a water & sewage amount. When we moved up from Lancs the total of that bill was more or less the same as council tax + separate water down there. Swings and roundabouts.

One thing that does make it slightly different though is that in Scotland if you're council tax exempt (e.g. full benefits or students) you don't pay for the water part either, whereas in England you still had the separate water bill to pay.

My council tax is horrendous these days though, £270ish/month 💀

[arista]

BBC News Text:
[Water bosses "will finally be punished"
after criminal investigations into
sewage spills hit a record of 81,
the Metro reports.
The troubled Thames Water holds the top
spot with 31 probes.
The paper reports that under new laws,
bosses can be jailed for up to five years
for the most serious breaches
and firms fined hundreds
of millions of pounds.]


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[arista]

BBC News Text:
[Labour has banned the bosses of 10 water companies
from receiving bonuses "with immediate effect"
over "serious sewage pollution" reports
The Guardian. In the past decade, they have been paid
£112m in bonuses.
Last year, sewage pollution
"rose to a record 2,487 events",
according to the paper.
"Bosses should only get bonuses
if they've performed well"
the paper quotes
Environment Secretary Steven Reed.]


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[arista]

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