British citizens are being gaslit with huge water bill rises instead of vital reform. It’s as though the water industry thinks that we can’t see through the deception with which we have been inflicted over the years, James Wallace, CEO of River Action, writes in the Express:
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London last November for the March for Clean Water, the biggest peaceful protest this country has ever seen. Why? Because after decades of neglect, mismanagement, and profiteering by water companies, the public has had enough. And yet, instead of genuine accountability and reform, today we’re gaslit by the water industry as it announces huge bill rises.
We’re meant to celebrate ‘record investment’ as if it’s some great act of corporate generosity. But let’s be clear: this is not an investment for the public good. It’s further profiteering – paid for by us.
For 15 years the nation’s environmental regulators have been defunded by at least 70%, stripping them of the resources needed to enforce the law. Even the new government, with its environmentally insane quest for economic growth, has already made 1.8% real-term cuts to the Department for Environment sustainable farming budget, with more likely to come in the spring Spending Review.
Read the full text in the Express
Big water bill rises in England and Wales are on the way. Exactly how much, depends on where you live and your water company… Channel 5 News reporter Natalia Jorquera has the latest and Cat Hobbs from the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’ in the programme, explaining why privatised water is a rip-off:
