Water firm gives discount on bills

Water group United Utilities offered some bills respite for households today as it announced a £20 million "special discount" to scale back next year's planned price increase.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

The group, which serves around seven million people in the North West, will limit its 2014/15 price rise to no more than Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation, meaning the group will forgo a 1.2% hike on top of RPI.