Lib Dem MP for Eastleigh slams Southern Water for demanding higher bills for failing services

Southern Water are one of six firms asking the water regulator to allow them to dish out even higher bills for their customers. It means there could be even more expensive water bills for people across Eastleigh.

Customers of Southern Water are already set to see bills rise by 46% this April, all whilst they fill our seas and rivers with disgusting sewage.

Local MP Liz Jarvis says it is not good enough, and that it is time for Ofwat to be replaced with a new regulator for failing to hold these greedy water companies accountable.

Liberal Democrats across the country are campaigning to protect customers from failing water companies.

Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, Liz Jarvis said:

“It is scandalous that debt riddled water companies demand higher bills from customers, whilst they continue to pump gallons of disgusting sewage into British seas and rivers.

“Ofwat has failed to hold water companies accountable for their financial and environmental mismanagement. The government must knuckle down and replace Ofwat with a new regulator that has real power to ensure customers are not having to foot the bill for water company failures.

"I will continue to fight tooth and nail to protect customers from failing water companies like Southern Water and urge the government to reform the defunct water industry so that it works for customers, companies and the environment."