Jon Cunliffe is right that when water in the UK was publicly owned we were the “dirty man of Europe”. But under private ownership, we are now again the dirty man of Europe, AND Thames Water alone has £20bn in debt, which the taxpayer will assume if it goes bust
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/jul/21/independent-water-commission-fundamental-reform-integrated-regulator-ofwat-jon-cunliffe-business-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-687ddbb28f082b80ee739027#block-687ddbb28f082b80ee739027
Ian Betteridge
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