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UK: ‘Misspoken’ Bonuses Withdrawn

Thames Water chair says he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs over bonuses. Sir Adrian Montague told select committee paying bonuses out of emergency £3bn loan was insisted upon by creditors. The chair ...
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UK: Plan For Drought and Shareholders

Three UK water companies begin drought plans after England’s driest spring in 70 years. The Environment Agency warned that the changing climate means we will see more summer droughts in the com...
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UK: Farage, Which Side Are You On?

Cat Hobs, founder of the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’, has an opinion piece in Express, asking: Can Nigel Farage be trusted to ‘take back control’ of our public services?...
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UK: The Price of Privatisation

Average water bills likely to hit £2,000 a year by 2050, says Ofwat. Customers in line to pick up cost of vital investment and river cleanups, regulator tells inquiry. The average household water bil...
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UK: Public Ownership Now!

From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: The People’s Water Commission interim report is out today. Public ownership… 🥇 delivers the best results in the world 💰 keeps bill...
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UK: Water Bosses up to Jail?

Water bosses face up to two years in prison for illegal sewage spills. New law comes into effect today as trust in the water industry reaches a record low, according to the state spending watchdog. ...
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UK: Nationalisation Would Save Billions

Revealed: Nationalisation of utilities would save the UK billions, according to new report. Nationalisation would pay for itself in less than seven years. UK households would save £7.8 billion a year...
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UK: Pollution for Profits

From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: English water companies work for a handful of shareholders around the world, while pouring sewage into our rivers and seas. 💦 Water should be ...
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UK: Aweful April Due To Privatisation

From Cat Hobbs, founder and director of the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: ‪ It’s outrageous that so many of your bills are going up in April because of PRIVATISATION 💧💡...
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