Yorkshire Water bosses get huge bonuses after company failed customers

CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives

Two bosses of Yorkshire Water have been handed a combined £616,000 in bonuses for a year in which thousands of its customers “struggled to go about their daily lives” for weeks due to a burst water pipe.

The payouts, part of a bonus system that could be banned in future under proposals outlined by the new Labour government in this week’s King’s Speech, were detailed in the company’s annual report.