The boss of the company that has left thousands of households in Kent and East Sussex without water for days is in line for a £400,000 long-term bonus regardless of his performance, if he resists calls for him to resign over the outages.
David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water, is to receive the payout if he stays on until July 2030.
Hinton is facing calls to give up his right to the previously unreported “service award”. The payment, which was disclosed in the company’s annual report, is not performance-related, meaning that as long as he remains, Hinton will receive it whatever the company’s record on water supplies or pollution.
South East Water has faced immense pressure after 30,000 households in Kent and East Sussex endured days of water supply failures in November and again in January.
The environment secretary, Emma Reyn
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