Hosepipe ban: Water bills should be discounted 

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Responding to South East Water announcing a hosepipe ban from 26 June, Liberal Democrat Environment spokesperson Tim Farron MP has called for customers' water bills to be discounted. He said: 

“Households are struggling enough with the cost of living, it is not right that they are made to pay in full for a service they are only receiving in part.

“Instead of giving themselves multi-million pound bonuses, water company bosses should be discounting customers' water bills throughout the hosepipe ban and investing more in fixing leaks that lose enormous volumes of water.

"This Conservative Government has let these water firms put profit over people time and time again, but this exploitation cannot continue."

ENDS