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Dirty Business: Extent of public anger at water companies and regulators revealed in Defra analysis
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5 May 2026 Source: Dirty Business: Extent of public anger at water companies and regulators revealed in Defra analysis
Oxford MP refuses to push for Thames Water administration
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30 Apr 2026 Source: www.oxfordmail.co.uk
Zack Polanski brands bus privatisation an ‘unmitigated disaster’ in local election campaign visit
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- Buses
27 Apr 2026 Source: leftfootforward.org
EXCLUSIVE: Private hospitals 'rush patients back to the NHS when something goes wrong'
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- NHS
26 Apr 2026 Source: www.mirror.co.uk
Campaigners demand government cancel South East Water's contract after bosses admit to failings
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- Water
14 Apr 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Nearly 100 criminal investigations launched into water firms last year
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- Water
13 Apr 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Check if your MP has signed the open letter calling to reject bogus Thames Water deal
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- Water
9 Apr 2026 Source: www.thecanary.co
New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water
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- Water
8 Apr 2026 Source: leftfootforward.org
The hidden £200 charge to install solar panels on your home
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- Energy
8 Apr 2026 Source: inews.co.uk
Thames Water slammed as ‘a complete disgrace’ for attempting to dodge fines
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- Water
2 Apr 2026 Source: dev.morningstaronline.co.uk
BlackRock to boost investment in NHS property
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- NHS
31 Mar 2026 Source: archive.ph
A win for water companies: a year of low rain means lower sewage-dumping statistics
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- Water
26 Mar 2026 Source: www.thecanary.co
Campaigners protest in Margate ahead of water bill boycotter Julie Wassmer’s court showdown against Southern Water
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- Water
20 Mar 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Zack Polanski is right about the ‘privatisation penalty’ – it’s time to end it
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- Privatisation
- Public ownership (general)
18 Mar 2026 Source: leftfootforward.org
War will hit workers, Starmer warns
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- Energy
11 Mar 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Five water companies can raise bills by 2.2%, UK competition authority rules
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- Water
11 Mar 2026 Source: www.ft.com
Pumped-up poo protest over water pollution
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- Water
6 Mar 2026 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Water customers demand action after £22m fine
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- Water
5 Mar 2026 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wycombe: Residents protest against 'pollution for profit'
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- Water
5 Mar 2026 Source: www.bucksfreepress.co.uk
Why broken water companies are failing England and Wales
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- Water
16 Feb 2026 Source: theweek.com
Streeting urged to release messages with private healthcare-linked donors
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- NHS
13 Feb 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
GBR should use savings to cut fares and open new services, majority say in poll
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- rail
9 Feb 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
No operational changes expected as West Midlands Trains operators are nationalised
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- Railways
30 Jan 2026 Source: www.railmagazine.com
Britain’s broken water system is being milked dry by shareholders while customers pay the price
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- Water
30 Jan 2026 Source: www.lbc.co.uk
Water privatisers ‘treating system as an ATM,’ campaigners say as bills set to hike
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- Water
29 Jan 2026 Source: archive.ph
Water companies press for faster abolition of regulator
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- Water
26 Jan 2026 Source: archive.ph
Privatisation not the problem for England’s water, says author of review
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- Water
23 Jan 2026 Source: www.theguardian.com
'It won't work': Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
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- Water
19 Jan 2026 Source: www.bigissue.com
I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days
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- Water
17 Jan 2026 Source: www.bigissue.com
Campaigners call for South East Water to be taken into public ownership immediately
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- Water
15 Jan 2026 Source: www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Polling shows majority of Thames Water customers reject creditors’ proposal
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- Water
15 Jan 2026 Source: www.thecanary.co
UK economy beats forecasts with 0.3% growth in November; Ofwat investigating South East Water over outages – as it happened
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- Water
15 Jan 2026 Source: www.theguardian.com
We Own It on Jeremy Kyle Live talking about the South East Water scandal
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- Water
14 Jan 2026 Source: youtu.be
Majority of Thames Water customers want utility to be nationalised, new polling shows
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- Water
12 Jan 2026 Source: leftfootforward.org
Southern Water gives boss a bodyguard after ‘citizen’s arrest’
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- Water
12 Jan 2026 Source: archive.ph
Thames Water customers say service should be nationalised, new poll finds
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- Water
12 Jan 2026 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Customers don't want Thames Water to be saved with a debt deal – they want it to be nationalised
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- Water
12 Jan 2026 Source: www.bigissue.com
What progressives can learn from 2025
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- Public ownership (general)
23 Dec 2025 Source: leftfootforward.org
Water boss 'mistaken' to keep £1.3m payment secret
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- Water
18 Dec 2025 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The UK Government’s Plan to Resurrect the Public Finance Initiative (PFI) Is the Definition of Financial Insanity
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- NHS
9 Dec 2025 Source: www.nakedcapitalism.com
Campaigners warn of PFI 2.0 as government backs private funding for neighbourhood health centres
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- NHS
25 Nov 2025 Source: www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Private finance plans for NHS buildings
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- NHS
23 Nov 2025 Source: www.theguardian.com
PFI was a disaster — Labour mustn’t repeat it
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- NHS
20 Nov 2025 Source: labourlist.org
Rachel Reeves urged to drop ‘dangerous and damaging’ PFI plans for NHS health centres
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- NHS
18 Nov 2025 Source: leftfootforward.org
Drop ‘dangerous and damaging’ private finance plans for NHS, Chancellor warned
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- NHS
18 Nov 2025 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk
Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
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14 Nov 2025 Source: www.theguardian.com
We need private help to fix £16bn NHS maintenance backlog, says health chief
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- NHS
29 Oct 2025 Source: inews.co.uk
Water companies record worst performance since 2011 as government seeks to increase fines
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- Water
23 Oct 2025 Source: www.newcivilengineer.com
Health minister assures Northumberland MP lessons have been learned over 'disaster' NHS private finance deals
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- NHS
- NHS
23 Oct 2025 Source: www.chroniclelive.co.uk
Campaigners urge Ofwat to reject polluting Thames Water deal
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21 Oct 2025 Source: morningstaronline.co.uk

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