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UK Water: Feeding Frenzy

Feeding frenzy: how army of advisers is making millions from Thames Water. Court case points to sizeable fees being racked up as firm seeks £3bn loan to try to avoid temporary nationalisation. Sewage ...

UK: Devon Town sues Water Company

Nearly 1,000 residents of Devon beauty spot sue water company over sewage. Repeated sewage discharges sparked ‘no swim’ alerts at Exmouth’s popular beach during the August bank holid...

Exposed: UK’s Failed Water Privatisation

Exposed: Professor outlines failed water privatisation project. Professor David Hall, of the Public Services International Research Unit, exposes the lie that we can’t afford public ownership of...

UK: Corporate Greed Out Of Control

“So let me get this straight right, the government fines the water companies for gross mismanagement and the consumer foots the bill.” With corporate greed out of control, it’s time ...

Thames Water High Court battle ‘Futile’

The British workers organisation GMB Union, one of the three largest affiliates of the Labour Party, has described the High Court battle over Thames Water’s finances as ‘futile’ – and says the c...

UK: Bill for Democratic Water Ownership

Clive Lewis, British MP for Norwich South, posted: The jury is in, water privatisation has failed. So I’m introducing a bill to Parliament that would democratise water ownership. On 28th March, ...

UK: Thames Water burns £15mn Monthly

Thames Water burns through £15mn a month on lawyers and advisers. Thames Water is at present spending £15mn a month on lawyers and other advisers and the eventual bill for a restructuring could top £2...

UK’s Water Industry Indulged by the State

The water industry shows how the state indulges corporations to the detriment of society. By Prem Sika*. Since 1989, water companies have been the subject of over 1,100 criminal convictions, but gover...

Worried about our drinking water?

Experts tell Sky News that although the UK’s water treatment system is unable to get rid of tiny traces of “forever chemicals” that have been linked to cancers and other long-term he...