Water wake dogs are accused of 'rewarding failures' after they have handed over their top official a bumper wage increase, while consumers raged against rising accounts.
The post on Sunday can reveal that David Black, Chief Executive of the Regulator of the Water Industry of what, has received a wage increase of at least £ 15,000.
That cost his wages over the most recently published figures between £ 180,000 and £ 185,000 – more than the prime minister who currently earns slightly less than £ 167,000.
It also emerged that Mr. Black is currently at a time when water companies appeal against the price rules of the regulator.
The revelations come in the middle of the fear that households in England and Wales are now confronted with an average increases in the £ 10 per month and the midst of claims that the entire industry will see consumers under the costs and sewerage in rivers.
They also arrive in the midst of a government assignment review in the water industry, in which Minister of Environment Steve said he had 'not exclusively' lost together.
And last night, campaigners and MPs condemned the size of the salary differences to Mr. Black.
Liberal -Democrat Parliament member Alistair Carmichael, chairman of the Mowerwe Commons 'Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said the mail on Sunday:' This feels like rewarding failures. '
Or some chief executive David Black has received a wage increase of at least £ 15,000
It is amid a public contract review in the water industry
He added: 'Water companies customers are confronted with enormous increases in their accounts and see bosses of the companies that deliver those paid telephone number salaries plus bonuses.
“Now to see the chief executive of the regulator that supervises this mess that a salary brings in than being paid to the prime minister, only the anger that is already felt by many people who have trouble making ends up can.”
Cat Hobbs, director of the 'We Own It' campaign to bring water companies back to public ownership, said: 'At a time when bills are rising, rough waste water is pumped into our waterways and companies such as Thames Water are about to be about Collapse – This wage increase will feel like a slap in the face for many Billpayers.
“The supervisor has proved to be fully ineffective in reducing the reckless behavior of the water companies.”
However. Or what said last night that Mr. Black's salary increase was 'appropriate'.
The wage increase was unveiled in the annual accounts of the Water Waakhond for the financial year 2023/24, but which was only published earlier this month.
This showed that the wage of the CEO had risen from a range of £ 160,000 to £ 165,000 in 2022/23 to between £ 180.00 and £ 185,000 in 2023/24.
Or somewhat refused to say yesterday what Mr. Black was currently earned.
It appeared on Friday that Thames Water, which has 16 million customers, is now attractive against the ruling of or that his bill is limited to 35 percent in the next five years.
Other water companies are also expected to fight before the deadline of the Tuesday for professional decisions.
And last night his sources from the industry got on the fact that Mr. Black was currently on leave in Nieuw -Zeeland.
It appeared on Friday that Thames Water, which has 16 million customers, is now attractive against the prevailing limitation of whether that limits his bill (file photo)
But the sources denied that the Chief Executive should have service, while those professions were submitted, and said that the price review director of the price of what Chris Walters would tackle the problems.
A spokesperson also defended Mr. Black's wage increase and said that his salary was “assessed by the of what people committee (consisting of the chairman and a number of non-executive drivers).
“Taking into account the scale, complexity and challenges of the role and benchmarking against the salary of chief executives in equal regulatory organizations, it was established that an increase in the salary would be suitable.”
He added: “The process and the applied salary increase was in accordance with government spending on senior officials.”
