Regulation and Legislation
Water sector regulator Ofwat has announced details of its £400 million Innovation Fund which will be extended for a further five years to 2030, the next five years of AMP8 - the funding is intended to support ambitious and collaborative water innovation projects.
The Government has published a planning reform working paper on streamlining infrastructure planning, part of a series of working papers on different aspects of planning reform, designed to inform further policy development in collaboration with the wider sector.
Ofwat has published its draft work forward programme for 2025-26 for consultation and is inviting interested stakeholders to comment by 5pm on Friday 28 February 2025.
Ahead of the Water (Special Measures) Bill reaching the Report stage in the House of Commons tomorrow, the Rivers Trust is calling on Parliament to restore our rivers to good health by amending the Water (Special Measures) Bill to protect the future of the Water Restoration Fund.
Philip Duffy, the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency has told the Government it will support a new approach to regulators and regulations to support economic growth.
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