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Cunliffe In-Depth: What the Cunliffe Report means and what comes next

15 September 2025

Introduction: A Watershed Moment for the UK Water Sector Steve Gummer and Allan Owen, Partners in Sharpe Pritchard’s Infrastructure Department are the authors of the case summary for the Cunliffe Report’s latest findings. It is easy to get lost in headlines about regulators being abolished and water company profiteering. However, the Independent Water Commission’s final…

Some thoughts for a government implementing Cunliffe

24 July 2025

It’s been a heck of a week for water regulation. The Cunliffe report, published on Monday, lit a fuse that could fundamentally change how the UK regulates its water sector. Yet, as we noted earlier this week, Cunliffe might not be exactly what it first appears: The potentially revolutionary aspect of Cunliffe isn’t the abolition…

Cunliffe in-depth: What the Cunliffe Report means and what comes next

21 July 2025

It is easy to get lost in headlines about regulators being abolished and water company profiteering. However, the Independent Water Commission’s final report, chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe and published on 21 July 2025, sets out the most ambitious overhaul of the UK water sector since privatisation. With 88 formal recommendations, the Cunliffe Report outlines…

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