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YOU WONT BELIEVE: 19 - What They Never Told You

Elliott, unlike Thames Water’s board, sees the inevitability of debt writedowns

Hedge fund’s reported purchase of £1bn of bonds at a big discount suggests growing realism about company’s future

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

The Guardian view on the regulatory state: Labour must put people before profit

Grenfell showed what can happen when human needs are disregarded. Tougher laws governing business are one answer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Water bosses could be jailed if they cover up sewage dumping under new law

CEOs in England and Wales could face two years in prison under proposals to force firms to supply data quickly

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

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Water bosses could face prison time over dumping sewage into Britain’s rivers and lakes

Environment secretary Steve Reed is to tell an invited audience of water company executives that they will lose their bonuses and face prison if they continue pumping filth into rivers and lakes

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

Thames Water Wants To Hike Prices By Up To 59% In 2025: 'After Keeping Bills Low, Now Is The Time For Difficult Choices'

Thames Water proposes a controversial 59% hike in customer bills by 2025 to fund essential infrastructure upgrades, sparking concerns amid financial pressures on households and regulatory scrutiny.

International Business Times UK · Aug 31, 2024

Thames Water lobbied Whitehall to press Ofwat on allowing higher bills

Exclusive: Debt-ridden company also warned officials of ‘chilling effect’ of any renationalisation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

Thames Water’s ‘difficult choices’ must include pain for bondholders

Customers know bills have to rise, but shareholders should also pay, as they would at a conventional company that overextended itself

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

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Thames Water says without steep bill increase it’s ‘neither financeable nor investible’

Debt-laden company tells Ofwat if it cannot charge customers 59% more, it ‘would prevent company turnaround and recovery’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

Thames Water proposes huge new bills hike

The average bill over the five-year period from 2025 to 2030 would be £638 under the proposal

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2024

Water bills must rise if Labour is to hit housebuilding target, industry claims

Companies need regulator go-ahead on significant increases or they will not be able to aid plan, says Water UK

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024

UK water companies to warn bill cap will drive away investors for overhaul

Ofwat’s tighter spending targets would ‘hamper sector’s ability to deliver improvements’, study will say

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024

Couple billed £12,000 by water companies for non-existent leak describe four-year ‘torture’

‘It was like torture – like water torture – like a steady drip’

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024

Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell says ‘the time has come’ for US interest rate cuts – as it happened

Live coverage as investors wait for signs at Jackson Hole summit of how fast US central bank will cut interest rates starting in September

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

Water campaigners are right about enforcement. Labour’s plans are still too vague

Without regulatory reforms and proper funding, the country will lack a muscular enforcer to strike fear among polluters

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

Privatised water firms are imperilling our health and poisoning our rivers. Act now: flood the streets with rage

It is time to say this privatisation zealotry has been a disaster. March with us and let ministers know – enough is enough, says campaigner Feargal Sharkey

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024

Thames Water barred from billing customers for pension shortfall

Company faces scramble for funds after Ofwat says deficit is for managers and shareholders alone to deal with

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024

Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator

Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2024

Three water companies face big fines for sewage spills – it won’t do any good unless our whole approach to waste changes

The recent announcement of £168 million in sewage pollution fines issued to three water companies has renewed hope that the regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, is finally taking action in line with public opinion.

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The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024

Water customers to receive up to £2,000 compensation for serious service failures

Government to double rates of compensation for service failings by water companies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024

Thames Water’s turnaround plan to be supervised by independent monitor

Ofwat says monitor will have access to company’s financial information and report back to regulator

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Mapped: Sewage in English rivers as water companies face £168m in combined fines

Campaigners have welcomed the proposed fines but warned the penalties highlight the ‘sheer state of disrepair’ of the water and sewage industry

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Thames Water’s assets are looking worse and worse. Bondholders must pay

Damning Ofwat report underlines multiple operational failings at the beleaguered company

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

UK rivers and beaches have been heaped with pollution for years – when will we talk about restoration?

The penalties reflect the failings of the Environment Agency and Ofwat as much as the water companies

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Violent criminals must understand that justice is coming

As police officers come under attack in Plymouth, Darlington and Belfast, and as reports circulate that far-Right thugs are planning protests in four London boroughs, it is vital that justice urgently takes its course.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Three water firms face record total £168m fine after sewage investigation

Ofwat to penalise Thames, Northumbrian and Yorkshire for ‘catalogue of failure’ over illegal discharges

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