South East Water chair resigns after report into supply issues that left thousands without drinking water

It comes after a group of MPs declared that they had no confidence in the company's leadership.

MPs accuse South East Water leaders of incompetence over repeated outages

Parliamentary committee takes unusual step of declaring no confidence in executives at utility provider MPs have accused the leadership of South East Water of incompetence over repeated water outages for tens of thousands of customers, and expressed no confidence in their ability to reform the company. MPs from across the political spectrum said David Hinton, SEW’s chief executive, and the board of directors operated a culture of unaccountability at the company, which provides drinking water ...

By Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Chair of South East Water resigns as MPs warn ‘no confidence’ in leadership

Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down from the board effective immediately.

By Anahita Hossein-Pour