Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst
Live to westminster, and our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . Just as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . More are you hearing . Just hours awa and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow more are you hearing . Just hours| away and lunchtime tomorrow and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow and they will be on their feet in parliament laying out the budget and it is a pretty important moment an important moment in any normal year in the political Financial Calendar but this one particularly because it is the last budget before we have to have an election, everyone is passing every word and looking at this and pretty much saying there that the indication is that we know the Prime Minister and the chancellor have said they want to cut personal taxes and the court taxes and individuals pay and within
Iam i am working with them very hard and we must get more aid into gaza. No excuses. The us Secretary Of State has also been calling on israel to maximise every possible means of getting aid into gaza. Speaking before talks with qatars prime minister, Antony Blinken said conditions in the territory were unacceptable and unsustainable. Take a listen. It is also urgent, irrespective of the cease fire to dramatically increase the cease fire to dramatically increase this of getting to people inside increase this of getting to people inside gaza. The situation for children. Inside gaza. The situation for children, women, for men, the crossfire children, women, for men, the Crossfire Hamas Is Making Inside Of Gaza is Crossfire Hamas Is Making Inside Of Gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable. Israel is to maximise every unsustainable. Israel is to maximise every possible means, every possible method every possible means, every possible method of every possible means, every possible method of
To political supporters and former aides include three life peerages, one for ex vote leave chief matthew elliott, another for businessmen and conservative donor john moynihan, and thirdly, ruth porter, a long term adviser. There were also damehoods for the writer and maths education campaigner Shirley Conran and the former conservative Ministerjackie Doyle price. Another ex conservative minister Alec Shelbrooke gets a knighthood. Critics have expressed dismay at the list. Remember, liz truss was prime Ministerfor Ao odd days. She and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. Families across the country are paying more on their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards, as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. And these are rewards for failure. Speaking to bbc radio 4s today programme, a former minister who served in liz truss s cabinet defended her right to put people forward. Liz truss took on the most senior politicaljob in the country, of being pr