{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/687e716aa2391fe4320d159b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why the water industry shake-up is 'doomed to fail'","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1753116772545-c7a3654c-f99b-454d-b0e9-0a6e09c47e60.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ofwat is<strong> </strong>to be scrapped as part of a <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/business/ofwat-jon-cunliffe-england-water-industry-ombudsman-b1239166.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">radical overhaul of a “broken” water regulatory system</a> Environment Secretary Steve Reed confirmed today, following the publication of a major report from the Independent Water Commission. Giles Bristow, CEO of the campaign group Surfers against Sewage, <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/water-ofwat-steve-reed-cunliffe-regulator-fail-b1239291.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">responds to the news</a> - and Paul Powlesland, Barrister at Lawyers for Nature, explains why he decided to become a guardian of the River Roding in East London, to spot illegal sewage leaks.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>And in part two, Sadiq Khan has called London ‘the undisputed capital of music”, but are <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/london-music-sadiq-khan-oasis-b1239274.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this summer’s huge gigs the full story?</a> The Standard’s Head of Culture Martin Robinson questions whether it’s good for the music industry. </p><p><br></p><p>*This episode contains one example of mild explicit language</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}