Water palaver

Wake Up to Money

BBC

Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of a major report into the water industry, Sean Farrington speaks to an infrastructure finance expert to find out what the government can do to meet its ambitions. And, are you saving enough for your retirement? We discuss what can be done to head off the looming pensions crisis. Also, it's the Royal Welsh Show this week. How have farmers been coping with the rain and shine we've experienced over the past few weeks?

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0:00.0	I'm Mariana Spring, the BBC's social media investigations correspondent.
0:06.0	In my podcast, I've been investigating what happened to the daughter of a conspiracy theorist who died having rejected chemotherapy.
0:13.0	It would mean the world to me if I could make it that she wasn't just another in the long line of people that die in this way.
0:19.0	How does this reflect the rise of health conspiracy theories on social media and beyond?
0:24.8	The new series of Mariana in Conspiracy Land.
0:27.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:35.4	Wake Up to Money from BBC Five Live. Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:38.5	Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.
0:40.7	The final report into a broken water industry is due.
0:45.4	We're going to have a revolution in the rules that govern our water sector.
0:48.7	We're going to completely transform that broken regulatory system.
0:52.8	So that was the Environment Secretary Steve Reid yesterday.
0:56.2	We're going to have a look at what this review today might well mean for our waterways.
1:01.1	Could compensation be on the way for many customers?
1:04.6	Could there be new powers for customers to be protected from overcharging?
1:09.4	Let me know your thoughts, what needs to change.
1:12.8	We're going to find out what some of that plan will be today. There's going to be big pension changes on the way as well.
1:17.6	And they need to be made. We're told as future pensioners will be worse off than those pensioners today.
1:23.3	And it's one of the biggest days in the farming calendar. The Royal Welsh Show starts today.
1:29.3	Cracking event, if you're able to get there.
1:30.7	We're going to speak to a Welsh dairy farmer.
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