The guardian angels of the Thames
On patrol with the RNLI, along London’s sacred river
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Revealed: Thames Water’s environmental and financial disaster
New research reveals Britain’s biggest water company has been illegally polluting rivers at an even greater scale than previously thought.
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Gen Z’s hydration fetish
As “loaded water” goes viral the new hottest drink is also the oldest
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“I blame Maggie!” How sewage radicalised England
River and shoreline pollution is “up there with small boats” in the public imagination.
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The government’s government problem
Labour is full of clever people who do not seem able to get anything done.
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Why isn’t Labour nationalising water?
The Government is promising a “revolution”. But campaigners don’t believe them.
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Will Labour’s water “revolution” work?
On sewage, the government’s bet is that delivery trumps Reform’s populism.
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Privatised water never worked. Now it might be over.
MPs are now calling for a different model of ownership.
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Britain’s stubborn inflation is decades in the making
Today’s jump – to the highest rate for a year – is the product of chronic bad government.
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The UK’s water watchdogs are not fit for purpose
A new report paints a damning picture of regulation riddled with “gaps in oversight”.
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Who let the BBC inside Thames Water?
The water company has made a calamitous mistake in letting TV cameras capture its day-to-day operations.
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Could the UK’s water bosses really go to prison?
Steve Reed, the newly minted environment secretary, has big plans to clean up Britain’s rivers. But, how well will they…
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Exclusive: thousands of sewage spills missed and misreported due to “dodgy data”
The government says a network of 15,000 monitors will end the sewage crisis. But there’s growing evidence they don’t work.
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Does bad press matter to water companies?
Despite a series of negative stories about the state of our waterways, the firms in charge of them are still…
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New Labour would have already nationalised Thames Water
The example of Railtrack should remind us that even business-friendly governments aren’t always averse to public ownership.
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Sold down the river
England’s broken water industry is a case study in the dangers of dogmatic privatisation. It is time to rethink our…
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Who killed Thames Water?
Britain’s biggest water company is at risk of insolvency, and there is plenty of blame to go around.
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How quickly are sea levels rising?
Swathes of Norfolk will be underwater in the coming decades, reveals an interactive data project by the New Statesman.
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The Parliament Brief: Is the UK prepared for more flooding?
The Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey faced questions from MPs on whether the country is ready for the winter.
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Private water companies’ thirst for profit will never be sated
The UK’s largest water company is pitching for a 61 per cent increase in bills.
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