Water companies make yet another huge failure, taking the literal p*ss all over again
The disaster of water privatisation is never ending. It turns out, water companies have overseen a large increase in serious ...
Tag: water privatisation
How much higher are our water bills because of privatisation? A lot.
A University of Greenwich study for We Own It has found a "privatisation tax" of 35% on our water bills. ...
Awful April is worse for poor people – who spend nearly HALF their income on just SIX bills
Households across the UK are bracing for a series of bill increases that have come into effect today, marking the ...
Steve Coogan sums up the disaster of water privatisation – just as bills set to rise
With the corporate cronies in the Labour government about to oversee an "awful April" where numerous bills will go up, ...
Clive Lewis skewers toxic environment secretary Steve Reed over water privatisation
Clive Lewis' Water Bill had its second reading in parliament on Friday 28 March. The Labour Party MP skewered environment ...
The hidden cost of privatisation can be seen everywhere
Privatisation of essential utilities doesn't just mean directly more expensive bills and transport for households. It also has a domino ...
There’s a lobbying campaign under way to STOP Thames Water being nationalised
The Telegraph has been leading the charge with a less-than obvious campaign to stop the nationalisation of Thames Water - ...
Ofwat is facing legal action over letting water companies hike our bills
Environmental group River Action is bringing a legal challenge to the Water Services Regulation Authority otherwise known as Ofwat. They're ...
Now Thames Water is trying to get out of its Ofwat fines for sewage spills
Toxic Thames Water is now trying to get out of the fines that Ofwat imposed upon it for sewage spills ...
Judge who gave Thames Water £3bn bailout was partner at law firm who USED TO WORK FOR THEM
High Court judge Thomas Leech who approved the Thames Water £3bn bailout was previously a partner at a law firm ...
The £3bn Thames Water bailout is a bucketload of sh*t – and YOU’RE paying for it
There's only one thing that's shitting us more than the profit-lined pockets of water executives right now. That's the High ...
Thames Water has the audacity to insist it wants to raise bills by 59%
Thames Water is set to appeal to a regulator to allow it to charge even more to customers. They're going ...
Thames Water SHUT the ONLY bottled water station – after it left 10,000 people without water
Rogue operator Thames Water is once again under fire - this time, for causing chaos in South London where it ...
Clive Lewis leads 30 MPs calling for toxic Thames Water to be placed into Special Administration
A cross-party group of nearly 30 MPs has written to Ofwat’s Chief Executive asking for Thames Water to be placed ...
Water companies are spreading disinformation to ‘manufacture doubt’ about sewage spilling
Privatised water companies are under investigation by environmental regulators for discharging sewage for 3.6 million hours in 2023 into rivers ...
LA wildfires raise serious questions about who controls California’s water. So, meet the Resnicks.
In 1994, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, a billionaire couple, gained control over a significant portion of California's water resources through ...
Yorkshire Water CEO shrugs off six figure bonus and millions in dividends – just as YOU get a 41% bill hike
An entire third of a person's average water bill in Yorkshire already goes to dividends and debt for private company ...
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