FOUND: 16 - What They Never Told You

Water companies should be taken into public ownership now

Letter: We have suffered a catalogue of mismanagement – £78bn has been paid in dividends and rivers and streams are full of sewage, writes Adrian Ramsay MP. Plus, a letter by Martin Cooper

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025

Thames Water chairman rows back on comments over bonuses for bosses

Sir Adrian Montague said he may have ‘misspoken’ during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs last week.

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Thames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’

Environment secretary makes announcement after company’s chair said he ‘may have misspoken’ to MPs

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025

Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan

Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025

Thames Water fined over £100,000 for carrying out unsafe works in London borough

Thames Water denied a charge for unsafe works on Marloes Road but was found guilty on May 13 at City of London Magistrates' Court

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025

What is a hosepipe ban as Britain risks drought this summer

England is at ‘medium’ risk for drought, according to the Environment Agency

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Mapped: Where Britain is at risk of drought amid hosepipe ban warning

Households are being warned of the potential risk of water restrictions, as parts of the country experience the driest start to the year for nearly a century

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Risk of drought after UK experienced driest start to year for decades

Water companies have been warned they may have to implement measures including restrictions in the months ahead

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

A torrent of special pleas from Thames Water

Company hopes to win big compromises from regulators to get its financial restructuring over the line

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025

Thames Water finances were ‘hair raising’, chair tells MPs

Adrian Montague also said some bosses in line for payouts of ‘50% of salary, very substantial bonuses’

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025