Daily Mirror, on UK Politics, 12 November 2026
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Read the original article on mirror.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The Mirror reports that Ofwat has blocked more than £6.5million in bonuses at nine water companies, mainly over their pollution records, and has brought forward its review of the bonus rules while criticising retention payments and base pay rises. It names every company, attributes the regulator's judgements to Ofwat and gives specific pay figures. Its tabloid tone is strong, but nothing in it misleads the reader about what happened.
“Regulator Ofwat announced it had invoked powers to ban the bumper rewards, mainly for their firms’ track records on pollution.”
The Mirror names who acted and gives the stated reason early, so the reader knows the ban is the regulator's decision and why it was made.
“The nine suppliers are: Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent Water, Southern Water, South West Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water, Yorkshire Water and Dŵr Cymru.”
The Mirror names every company affected, so its claim of nine failing firms can be checked.
“the bonus was not “at all justified” given the “serious performance issues” that year”
The Mirror attributes the judgement on the Thames bonus to Ofwat in quotation marks and does not state it as its own finding.
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