{"id":7389,"date":"2025-07-19T05:24:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/7389\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T05:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T05:24:04","slug":"britons-will-never-again-face-inflation-busting-water-bills-labour-says-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/7389\/","title":{"rendered":"Britons will never again face inflation-busting water bills, Labour says &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxNcHZidGV6THNGV3Z2Yk9udGpVNEtlcS1EWlpRU0IzOTZqU1dhc1FYRzgwR0pmNDRVek5DdFF5SXIzU3lId1FZWVNRT0poVGZaUTFpMmFmRkc0WVN4X25fakRlTl8zQlBWRVhzYkFhYlloZGVSc002Szk0NHMzVU5VSWwySHhOVmM5YVc0eDJHQktHY3ZYNzFHYkc2YjRLT0haMlk2YXpXNzZhMWROallVeV9UUlBzU3RQSWZzTFRDclY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Britons will never again face inflation-busting water bills, Labour says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOWjlxck5MN0xsejdMVU1Ia1RWX280SzhEX0Y2UF9YVFlHUGtkcFlmcXhqZmh3QkpUd0ltQk1vU2JJVmtkc0YxMGRrUHliWEtKVlk3WFRMV2p3M3BZXzYySllGNl9rX2dTN0p4bU54S0hRb3VnMWU2enVka2dkbkVEa2RxRENtMGxiVTNlODRZYzJmZlpaOHBwQ3N5T1RWQmhubEVVQnl4UlB0dk1sc2d6X3N2MTg3MU1fLUJlZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxObGVhcHBGWHN4TWs3cUtVMDNKQVZtaUgtejBQZWkzVmJmcEd5dGloMGdmejIxTkdPV1RsR0NoaDFUT0JtMXBfZWlnaE1QMWpnWW5mVDRYVl9IaFFWcWk5MnZkZ1dTajhINHdhY3IwTzAtWGlONGd2b1ZXaXB4QlkyTm5jVC1VdFZ1M3ZkOHlpalN2SDBnRkNhQmh6UFVaOTlJU0ZqQVo0MTNQdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Water regulator to be scrapped as sewage spills soar<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQUmFiM2xmTE5nWGgtZHVVbVpueVY4LXNVX1VzVnNxZEY4QTVqd0hEeDN3eU9wTExERjJsNnFIbnBLaUpPYzh0S2NMQ1JQQ29TTjlyaWtkMnBFMHV5R3dvak9DX0ZaU2ZvLVBVMHFFQVZIYkM5THJZSU9XaTM1aU15Q3lR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ofwat could be scrapped in water reforms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5QLXJHMmF4c1V3NjdLZENQckdLZ3JyRnhnUGpqMk9VZ25nRFB1ZUZFWUdfM1R1ZXV3bDc0ZTZTQW02V3JyUXJKNWY1eXhMaDgxXy02bTFYNVFTX1dQUjhGUDhBMUF2OFlMR2hpQmpqNTk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Water regulator Ofwat faces being scrapped as review looks at industry shake-up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britons will never again face inflation-busting water bills, Labour says&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesOfwat to be abolished as ministers look to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-7389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}