Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution | Water industry

Rewards for 10 executives for the water company in England, including its president Times waterIt will be banned with an immediate effect on dangerous wastewater pollution, as part of the new powers brought by the labor government.
The environment said that senior executives in six water companies supervised the most dangerous pollution events will not receive performance rewards this year.
Companies – Times Water, Angel -Water, Southern Water, United FacilitiesWessex Water and Yorkshire Water – responsible for the most dangerous category of sanitation pollution in rivers and seas, all, or were, under the criminal investigation by the Environment Agency.
Under the forces of the Labor Party water (Special measures) Law 2025, the organizer, Offat, is now able to prohibit rewards for water executives as the company fails to meet the main criteria on environmental and financial performance, or is condemned by a criminal crime.
In the past ten years, Nine Main Main Water and Sewrarage Companies has been paid 112 million pounds of rewards during sanitation pollution It increased to a record number last year from 2487 event.
“The heads of the water company, like anyone else, must obtain rewards only if their performance is good – certainly not if they fail to treat water pollution. Iftapes will now be banned as part of the government’s plan to clean rivers, lakes and sea forever,” said Reid.
The rewards of the CEO of Themes Water, Chris Weston, and Steve Back, their financial manager. Southern Water, United Facilities Yorkshire Water has also received banned rewards for the heads of executives and senior financial officials.
The Times, which is It is struggled to avoid collapse to the ownership of the interim state While carrying out a debt worth 20 billion pounds, it was targeted on both financial failures and seven major pollution events, which occurred in Slough, in Berkshire; Three Rivers. Chilterns. Seven Runnymede and Enfield last year.
Andy Pimor, chief financial official at Wesque Water, banned his reward for the company Criminal conviction last November For sewage leaks that killed thousands of fish, which the company failed to report.
Mark Thorston, Angelan Water, is prohibiting his reward for a serious pollution event in Peterpuro last September.
Other executives who will not be allowed to be allowed: Lawrence Gusden and Storager Ledger, CEO and consecutive financial manager of southern waters; Louise Birmour and Phil Esepin, CEO and consecutive financial manager of UTILITIS; Nicola Show and Paul Inman, CEO and consecutive financial manager from Yorkshire Water.
Last month, the guardian revealed Reid plans for Times prevent water Who pushed separate retaining rewards to senior executives from an emergency loan of 3 billion pounds, was aimed at stabilizing the company’s financial affairs and providing them from collapse.
The Times President, Adrian Montage, defended 50 % planned rewards, on the pretext that senior managers were the “most precious supplier” of the company. The Times later announced that it was temporarily stopping the batches of retaining rewards and a montage was disturbed to apologize to the deputies last month, saying it was You may have “errors” When he claimed that lenders insisted on rewards.
On Tuesday, American Special Stock Company KKR He withdrew from a rescue deal worth 4 billion pounds For themes water, put the company’s future in doubt and increase the possibility of temporary nationalization. It is understood that KKR has decided that the political risks of possessing the Times were very large, and it was also concerned about the weak situation of the company’s assets.
The prohibition of rewards immediately comes as part of what Red promised to be a tougher enforcement against failed water companies. Last year, the executive rewards for water on its own were paid from 7.6 million pounds with the supervision of the levels of pollution.
Reed was accused of postponing investors in the troubled water industry in England through his harsh position. Governor Victoria Atines accused him of the House of Commons of undermining the rescue deal with the negative speech.
But Reid said: “I will not apologize for addressing the bad behavior of water companies and executives of the water company that took place under the previous government and that we lead to its correction.”
Becky Malby, from the ILKLEY Clean River campaign group, welcomed the prohibition of rewards, but she said it was additional evidence that the designated industry cannot be trusted.
She said: “We are witnessing fines, prohibitions of rewards and criminal investigations in water companies. This explains to us the extent of breaking the system.” “The public wanted the water companies to be constantly owned by the public. What revolves around a large number of evidence that makes the government confident that the current privatized system can provide it?”
“The prohibition of rewards is a welcome step from the government. But we will not end the pollution for profit until the water companies are re -funded and controlled for the public benefit. No attempt should end to inflate the salaries of al -Qaeda with solutions,” said James Wallace, CEO of River Action.
Caroline Veitin, a deputy of South Devon, said it was embarrassing that the heads of water in the southwest had not had been banned. She said: “It is difficult to think about a more worthy of the bonus of its president from the southwestern waters,” she said. “The company did not chair the outbreak of crepeburidium in the relevant fiscal year, but in June, just weeks after its outbreak, the CEO of South Westwater has witnessed an increase in his salary by 300,000 pounds, which proves their absolute contempt for the affected customers.”
“Wages related to performance are determined independently by the reward committees, which will adhere to the laws and regulations set by the government. Water companies focus on investing a record record of 104 billion pounds over the next five years to secure our water supplies, and ends with sanitation, seas entering and seas support,” said a spokesman for the Water UK, which represents the industry.