London Council to refund every resident of their water bill.

The council were found to be profiting illegally while collecting bills on behalf of Thames Water, in London.

The legal challenge was brought by Camberwell resident, Kim Jones, in March.

In April the council released a statement that only tenants who lived in a council property between April 2010 and July 2013 could be owed £240.

It has now decided to broaden the time scale from April 1, 2001, to July 28, 2013 – making thousands more residents eligible to claim. According to the council, this will result in refunds totalling £28.6 million.

We calculate that these refunds will be in the region of £600 and £700 per tenant if in occupation for the whole of the 2001 to 2013 period.

there are approximately 330,000 other tenants in the Thames Water region entitled to claim refunds. Any tenant in the Thames Water region who is liable to pay a water charge to a local authority landlord or to a housing association landlord is likely to be able to make a claim.

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