Water bosses' £58m pay over last five years a 'national scandal'

GMB chief launches campaign to return England's nine water firms to national ownership

The bosses of England's privatised water companies have been criticised for banking 58m in pay and benefits over the last five years while customers have been faced with above-inflation rises in their water bills.

The GMB union said the chief executives of England's nine water and sewage companies were "fat cats" earning "staggering sums" from the management of a natural resource.