17 h. ago Southern Water boss should refuse ‘outrageous’ pay rise – Environment Secretary

Lawrence Gosden was awarded £691,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan this year on top of his £687,000 fixed pay, the firm’s annual report said.

Economics

18 h. ago Minister pressures water boss to refuse rise doubling salary to £1.4m amid furious row over exec pay and sewage leaks

Steve Reed told the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that Lawrence Gosden's £691,000 salary increase was 'outrageous' and implored the company to 'think about how this looks to their customers'.

Economics

19 h. ago Southern Water boss £1.4million pay package branded 'outrageous' by Cabinet minister

Environment Secretary Steve Reed warned Southern Water had not performed well enough to justify the 'outrageous' hike for its chief executive Lawrence Gosden

Economics

54 h. ago Ministers to pledge ‘root and branch reform’ of water industry

Water bills rose by an average of 26% in April, with the cost of repairing long-neglected infrastructure said to be a significant factor.

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67 h. ago Serious pollution incidents from water firms up 60% last year, watchdog says

The Environment Agency revealed poor performance from all nine water and sewerage firms in England despite expectations for incidents to decrease.

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4 d. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build a data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

The CEO said the company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “superintelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

CEO says company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals, and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “super-intelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Experts share how to keep your garden flourishing during the hosepipe ban

Southern Water, Thames Water, South East Water and Yorkshire Water have announced hosepipe bans

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4 d. ago Hosepipe ban announced in another two counties as more than nine million Brits now restricted nationwide

The move is the latest announcement by water companies bringing in hosepipe bans in response to the driest start to the year since 1976 for England.

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4 d. ago Hosepipe ban announced in another two counties as more than eight million Brits now restricted nationwide

Southern Water has announced a hosepipe ban will come into force for customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight from 9am on Monday.

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4 d. ago Southern Water becomes latest company to bring in hosepipe ban amid dry weather

The company said customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight face restrictions from Monday.

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4 d. ago Another 1 million UK households to come under hosepipe ban following heatwave

The announcement comes a day after the government declared 'drought status' in four areas of England

Society

4 d. ago New hosepipe ban announced as a million more Britons hit by water restrictions

Southern Water becomes latest utility to impose restrictions on water use after driest UK spring for decades

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5 d. ago UK should consider political donations cryptocurrency ban, says minister

Pat McFadden reacts over concerns foreign powers could use untraceable money to affect British democracyElection officials should consider banning political donations made in cryptocurrency, a minister has said, amid concerns that foreign powers are using untraceable money to influence British politics.Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister and close ally of the prime minister, Keir Starmer, told MPs on Monday he thought there was a case for preventing crypto donations given how hard it is to trace their source. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago UK should consider banning cryptocurrency political donations, minister says

Pat McFadden reacts over concerns foreign powers could use untraceable money to affect British democracyElection officials should consider banning political donations made in cryptocurrency, a minister has said, amid concerns that foreign powers are using untraceable money to influence British politics.Pat McFadden, the Cabinet Office minister and close ally of the prime minister, Keir Starmer, told MPs on Monday he thought there was a case for preventing crypto donations given how hard it was to trace their source. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Thames Water announces hosepipe ban for large parts of southern England

The ban will begin on July 22 for customers in affected areas

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7 d. ago Transport Secretary admits she hasn't been able to afford an electric car... as she prepares to unveil '£700m of subsidies' to combat flagging sales

Heidi Alexander - who earns around £160,000 as a Cabinet minister - said she had not purchased a vehicle for about six years as it was 'expensive'.

Economics

1 week ago Tributes paid to Tory ‘titan’ Norman Tebbit after his death aged 94

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch described the former Cabinet minister as a political ‘icon’.

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1 week ago Good Morning Britain paused for sad breaking news as Susanna Reid shares announcement

Good Morning Britain was suddenly brought to a halt as Susanna Reid shared some heartbreaking news with viewers at home as she announced the death of former cabinet minister Norman Tebbit

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1 week ago UK government backs French police immobilising small boats, minister says

Heidi Alexander says new tactics are ‘welcome’ and would prevent people leaving French shores to cross ChannelUK politics live – latest updatesFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers was not “pleasant” but the right tactics, a UK cabinet minister has said, saying the government welcomed the new tactics from the authorities.It comes as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce new plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel when the French president arrives for his state visit in London this week. Continue reading...

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