Thames Water faces financial turmoil with a massive debt burden, leading to concerns about increased bills for households. Calls for nationalization arise due to pollution issues and proposed bill hikes. Reports show a 60% rise in hospital admissions for waterborne diseases, highlighting the consequences of privatization. Political figures criticize the prioritization of shareholder dividends over service quality. The lack of competition in the water sector is criticized for allowing companies to neglect maintenance while profiting.
There’s no competition and no consumer sovereignty. The water companies are distant landlords gouging rents whilst doing the minimum in maintenance. It’s too late for Thames’s owners to cry over spilt water. https://t.co/2YXzKQphNH https://t.co/IOQZQcXon2
Today’s column: It’s too late for Thames’s owners to cry over spilt water. Equity is there to bear losses as well as gains. They should stump up or suck it up. https://t.co/jlVkxoOciY
It's sickening that this Conservative Government has turned a blind eye to illegal sewage dumping, putting thousands in hospital. With Labour, the water companies will be made to clean up their filth or face criminal charges and the blocking of bonuses. https://t.co/xNyB5ye17L
With a Labour government, it will be the mission of every department to build a healthier society. @SteveReedMP will clean up our rivers and seas, so fewer patients end up in hospital with water-borne diseases. https://t.co/135CJAYfE4 https://t.co/89zPV7NOMk
In a free market, Thames Water would go bust & customers faced with rising prices would shop elsewhere. But then, Tories have never really believed in a free market; they only talked about it to justify transferring wealth to their cronies. https://t.co/YJsmfHc3Kv
💦 Polluted water-related hospital admissions up 60pc in decade https://t.co/6aisAc3LNz
Thames Water is thin end of wedge as regards wider financialisation and wealth extraction. The reason there are shoddy services is because private companies choose bumper dividends for shareholders over provision of and investment in decent services. https://t.co/DLfjMlGAJr
Polluted water drives 60pc surge in hospital admissions @UKLabour @SteveReedMP analysis shows https://t.co/XIpaeTSKRo
There is a cost to the Tory privatisation of our water supply: Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows https://t.co/Heg4EII9pN
Hospital admissions for waterborne diseases in England up 60%, report shows https://t.co/ZEjLMxGBNR
'All they'll do is pass it on to the poor consumer... it's ridiculous.' This irate @SangitaMyska caller is 'fuming' that the head of Thames Water has the audacity to try and impose a 40% rise in bills on 'normal people'. https://t.co/ARTkbD7vKE
Opinion | Let Thames Water go bust 🖋️ We, the people, have been ripped off for years, and now our politicians are being presented with an opportunity to act in our interests and end this legalised larceny, writes @FisherAndrew79 https://t.co/nCMBqlhgfg
'Water is an essential utility... What has been going on is criminal.' @SangitaMyska is livid with the 'scale of pollution' that privatised water companies have allowed in recent years, telling Lead Campaigner at We Own It, Johnbosco Ngwobo, it's 'time they're nationalised'. https://t.co/F5dKiuk4Sg
How Thames Water’s demands for higher bills took it to the brink Huge debt pile threatens to sink utility giant, but households could pay the price Find out more now ⬇️ https://t.co/DLHj8fp6FV