England’s Water Crisis, Part 1
England is running out of water and with it the illusion that privatised utility systems can serve the public good. What began in 1989 as an experi...
England Has One of Europe's Highest Household Water Bills
So Why Has Only One Major Reservoir Been Built Since 1990? For millions of households across England, water bills have become another unavoidable p...
Is England's Water System Reaching Breaking Point?
England's Sewage, Drought and Dry Rivers are being tested... Thames Water Fined £122.7 Million One week England is watching rivers polluted by sewa...
36% Water bill increase by 2030 in UK
Permission given for Water Bills to go up again! From April, household water bills across England will rise again by an average of 5.4%, pushing th...
Water That Works: Accountability, Enforcement, Protection
England’s water system faces a mounting risk, not from workers, and not from customers, but from a regulatory framework that has allowed private wa...
Hosepipe Bans Across England
As of July 2025, hosepipe bans across England are being enforced or announced across large parts of the country due to severe water shortages. More...
England’s water industry is once again asking for patience. Once again, it does not deserve it.
In 2025, raw sewage was discharged into England’s rivers, lakes and seas 291,492 times, more than once every two minutes. That is not a system unde...
England’s Water Crisis
Drought, Floods and the Need for Urgent Reform England continues in the grip of a water crisis now officially declared “nationally significant.” Af...
Drought tightens: Impact on Workers in England
What Drought Means for Workers, Families and Businesses. Large parts of England are now experiencing prolonged dry weather, with drought conditions...
The Do's and Don'ts of Staying Hydrated at Work
Proper hydration on the job is about more than quenching your thirst—it’s a critical health and safety measure that every worker and employer must ...
England’s Potatoes Under Pressure and Why It Matters for All of Us
Will the cost of England’s traditional fish and chips keep rising? Potato farming in England, long seen as one of the cornerstones of British agric...
Lived Experiences
A SwimRun to Remember on Windermere There’s something uniquely exhilarating about plunging into England’s largest lake at dawn, breath catching in ...
Part 2: A History of Dredging in England
A Brief History of Dredging in England Dredging—the removal of sediment and debris from waterways—has been essential to civilisation and maritime e...
Reinvesting Utility Profits into England Infrastructure and the Economy Pt.2
Our infrastructure is the backbone of our communities. To ensure a fair and resilient future, we must refocus on how utility profits are used to be...
Water Crisis
Articles by Workers of England Trade Union relating to water supply issues.
Water Bills
Can England Feed Itself? Part 2
The journey toward food self-sufficiency in England is challenging but achievable. By restructuring land use, rethinking diets, embracing technolog...
Councils across England hike parking charges as workers’ pay the price
Across England, local councils are sharply increasing on-street parking charges for petrol and diesel vehicles, hitting working people with yet ano...
England’s Food Warning 2026
Read the Figures and Ask, How We Are Going to Feed Ourselves? England is facing a question that affects every worker and every family: how secure i...
England for sale: British Government Fails to Protect our Industries Pt.1
For many workers across England, the story of Cadbury remains a bitter one. Founded in Birmingham in 1824, Cadbury was more than a chocolate compan...