Southern Water addresses if Worthing job cuts were linked to £126m bill for rebates and fines

Southern Water has addressed if job cuts in its Worthing-based customer services department were linked to a £126million bill of rebates and fines.

By James Butler

Published 25th Jun 2019, 18:20 BST

Southern Water's headquarters in Durrington

Last week, it was revealed by the trade union Unison that around 220 customer service roles at Southern Water would be affected by jobs being transferred to Capita on August 1.

Southern Water’s headquarters are in Durrington, Worthing.

On Tuesday, industry regulator Ofwat found that, between 2010 and 2017, some of Southern Water’s waste water treatment sites were manipulated by staff to pass sampling tests they otherwise might have failed.