On 10 March 2026, the CMA submitted its final determinations in the PR24 water redeterminations to Ofwat, concluding the statutory 12-month process. The full report was published on 26 March 2026. The CMA confirmed £463 million in additional revenue for the five disputing companies - Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex - for the AMP8 control period 2025 to 2030, representing 17% of what the companies had requested. The allowed rate of return for the appoint

DT Economics Managing Partner David Thomas, acting as a Settlement Decision Maker for the Payment Systems Regulator, has issued a Decision Notice fining Bank of Ireland UK £3,779,300 for failing to implement Confirmation of Payee (CoP) by the required deadline. CoP is an account name-checking service designed to protect customers from authorised push payment fraud - where criminals pose as legitimate organisations to trick people into transferring money - and from misdirected

DT Economics is pleased to welcome Tim Keyworth as Senior Advisor. Tim is a regulatory economist with 30 years of experience across energy, water, health, payments, telecoms and aviation regulation, including service as Chief Economist at Oftel. He has extensive experience of CMA regulatory appeals and market investigations, including the PR24 water redeterminations and RIIO-2, and has given evidence to the UK High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the House of Lords