Another year, another round of bumper payouts for water bosses.

The latest accounts of England’s nine water and sewerage companies show their highest paid directors shared £11 million between them last year.

Our research, commissioned by the GMB union and released by them earlier this week, shows water companies have paid their bosses £70 million in the last six years.

Highest paid director	Company	Total pay 2017/18 (£000s)
Scott Longhurst	Anglian Water	1,921
Heidi Mottram	Northumbrian Water	953
Liv Garfield	Severn Trent	2,084
Chris Loughlin	South West Water	577
Ian Mcauley	Southern Water	1,066
Brandon Rennet	Thames Water	851
Steve Mogford	United Utilities	2,075
Andrew Pymer	Wessex Water	542
Richard Flint	Yorkshire Water	932

Click here to read our analysis of bosses’ pay after a similar exercise last year.