Local Labour MP John Denham has reacted angrily to the 8.2% hike in water bills by Southern Water, the highest increase in the country. He's accused Southern Water and the City Council of wasting money and driving up bills. Warning that many families will struggle to meet the new charges he said that it is particularly galling that Southern Water has to spend £500,000 on replacing a sew...

When David Cameron wielded his veto at the European Council in December many Tories thought this was the beginning of a process of repatriation of powers from the EU. Myself, I thought it would be the high water mark of the government’s Euro-scepticism — and so it has proven. But things are about to get even worse for the Bill Cashes of this Parliament. In the short-term, at least.
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The European Commission is proposing for the first time to regulate pharmaceutical pollutants in surface water, citing their potential health hazards to humans and aquatic life. More »

Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, in response to the announcement of water bills for next year, commented:

I've used the phrase 'giant sucking sound' in the metaphorical sense about China before. This time it's entirely literal: As Beijing and Tianjin began borrowing water from the Yellow River, many other provinces along the river, including Qinghai, Shaanxi, Henan,...

If the MSM carries the water of the Democrat Party and is the rooting section for the reelection of President Obama to a 2nd term in the White House... Why in the hell would you line-up an already weak and wounded crop of RNC candidates in front of one of their moderators like doomed men facing a firing squad? Particularly because we know that like everything else in politics and society today, de...

A Lib Dem minister ends up in the wrong lobby during a Commons vote after a mix-up with a glass of water.

China’s growing water problems make it a likely ally for European efforts to press global action on sustainable development at a UN conference later this year, Denmark’s environment minister said yesterday (25 January). More »

Rarely can a government have been so pleased to have been defeated. The Tories are, privately, delighted that the Lords have voted to water down the benefit cap, removing child benefit from it. The longer this attempt to cap benefit for non-working households at £26,000 stays in the news, the better it is for the government. It demonstrates to the electorate that they are trying to do somethi...

A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower Europe’s temperature by causing a mild ocean current to slow down, British scientists say. More »