Customers failed over outages, water boss tells MPs

Bosses at South East Water are grilled over failures that left thousands without water over winter.

South East Water boss waives bonus after outages

David Hinton had previously blamed shortages on rise in people working from home

South East Water chief executive to forgo his bonus over ‘unacceptable outages’

David Hinton will receive only his £400,000 salary this year after thousands of customers were left without water The chief executive of South East Water has said he will forgo his bonus in an act of penitence for “unacceptable outages” that left thousands of customers in Kent and Sussex without water. David Hinton told MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs select committee that he had decided not to accept an additional “performance payment” this year. Instead, he will receive only ...

By Isaaq Tomkins and Damien Gayle

South East Water chief to forgo bonus following Kent and Sussex water outages

Chief executive David Hinton, who receives a £400,000 salary, said he has made the decision not to receive any performance payment this year.

By Rebecca Speare-Cole