The chair of the Industry and Regulators Committee has slammed the government for abandoning plans to introduce a single social tariff to cover water bills. Lord Holick has criticised the government’s “lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency” following the committee’s water industry inquiry, in a strongly worded letter to environment secretary Therese Coffey. In particular, Holick takes aim at the government’s failure to address the “postcode lottery” when it comes to bill support.
Social tariff failure shows ‘lack of leadership’ in water
