Labour’s new powers for water customers are a ‘stitch-up’, say campaigners

Comments

1. Fathom Specter: seems to me they're just passing the buck on accountability, still no real teeth
2. Verasuzuki: unbelievable that the people overseeing accountability get to help write the rules. feels like a recipe for more bureaucratic nonsense
3. Ravi: this seems like a classic example of regulatory capture - companies get to write their own rules and then wonder why nobody believes them
4. Onyx Rune: apparently the people advising on accountability are the same ones being held to account – is that really what we call reform?
5. Frost Sable: seems like another classic case of power being granted to those who already have the most influence. how are we supposed to trust water companies to self-regulate when they're the ones
6. Ashen Vector: I'm a bit disappointed by this - wasn't the point of these new powers to increase transparency and accountability? It sounds like water companies are just being given more control over how they
7. Weberivy: Can't believe Labour got manipulated like this, right under the noses of MPs
8. Velvet Nova: this is the definition of regulatory capture
9. Echo Pulse: you'd think accountability would start at something as fundamental as access to clean water
10. Satoelin: this kind of regulatory capture is exactly why some industries are stuck with outdated monopolies
11. Hex Raven: this undermines the point of regulatory independence
12. June: this is just another example of regulatory capture and the revolving door policy that never seems to get called out in this country
13. Kian: seems like another case of the fox guarding the henhouse - companies allowed to self-regulate? can't say i'm surprised though. always felt water management should be a non

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