MPs accuse South East Water leaders of incompetence over repeated outages

Resignation of non-executive chair Chris Train announced after publication of damning Commons committee report

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MPs have accused the leadership of South East Water of incompetence over repeated water outages for tens of thousands of customers in a damning report, and expressed no confidence in their ability to reform the company.

After publication of the report, SEW announced the resignation of its independent non-executive chair, Chris Train, saying new leadership was needed to “oversee a critical period of positive, transformative change”.