{"id":263792,"date":"2025-07-22T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-governments-plan-to-fix-the-water-system-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:05:15","slug":"what-is-the-governments-plan-to-fix-the-water-system-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-is-the-governments-plan-to-fix-the-water-system-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the government&#8217;s plan to fix the water system? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/MX8ICJaDvRI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What is the government's plan to fix the water system? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MX8ICJaDvRI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited review of the water sector in England and Wales has finally been published, and it proposes the most sweeping reforms since privatisation over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Authored by Sir Jon Cunliffe, the report makes 88 recommendations, including scrapping the current regulator, Ofwat, and introducing stronger environmental regulation. 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