'Many protected[sic] landscapes owned by #English #WaterFirms in disrepair, data shows

Exclusive: Figures reveal just 16% of company-controlled #SitesOfSpecialScientificInterest are in good condition'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/water-companies-natural-england-sites-special-scientific-interest
#SSSI #ThatchersLegacy #PollutingForProfit

#ThamesWater breaches licence as part of its debt downgraded to junk

Move by ratings company #Moody’s puts Thames in breach its operating licence but #Ofwat likely to hold off on large fine

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/24/thames-water-breaches-licence-part-of-debt-downgraded-to-junk
#RenationalisationWithoutCompensation #ThatchersLegacy

#GreenhamCommon

'#Met spying on #GreenhamCommon protest was ‘ridiculous waste of money’, say campaigners

Undercover officer was deployed as #Thatcher wanted to know what the ‘#GreenhamWomen were doing’, inquiry told'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/17/met-spying-greenham-common-protest-waste-of-money-campaigners-inquiry
#ThatchersLegacy

#SpyCopsScandal Extent of #police infiltration of #CND under #Thatcher ‘truly shocking’

#PublicInquiry hears that at least five #Undercover officers spied on #AntiNuclear movement during #1980s'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/15/cnd-thatcher-inquiry-anti-nuclear-protest-undercover-police
#ThatchersLegacy #SpyCops #RightToProtest

#ThamesWater board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn

Exclusive: #Ofwat to investigate circumstances around payment of dividend to intermediate parent company
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/28/thames-water-board-150m-dividend-payout-funding-u-turn
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #Corruption #WaterCompanies #England

#Thatcherism, #austerity, #Brexit, #Liz Truss... goodbye and good riddance to all that

For 45 years, #Britain has been blighted by #Conservative ideologies that promised a path to prosperity, but achieved nothing of the sort
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/16/thatcherism-austerity-brexit-liz-truss-goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-all-that
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #GE2024

Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of #SewageSpills in #England and #Wales

#WaterCompanies have logged five sewage spills a day, every day, for a decade, analysis by the Observer shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/22/catastrophic-scale-sewage-spills-england-and-wales
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PollutionParty #GE2024

#TheBrokenYears: #ToryBritain 2010-24

How a disastrous #Tory policy blew up the #housing market
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2024/jun/21/help-to-buy-how-a-disastrous-tory-policy-blew-up-the-housing-market
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #GE2024

#SocialRent #homes in #England fall by more than quarter of a million in decade

Charities have called on all political parties to address the ‘shameful record’ on #SocialHousing and build more homes
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/09/social-rent-homes-in-england-fall-by-more-than-quarter-of-a-million-in-decade
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #GE2024

#Ofwat poised to refuse most suppliers’ requests for big price rises

Water watchdog decision on bills in #England and #Wales delayed until after election, as Thames crisis looms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/28/water-watchdog-suppliers-price-rises-ofwat-bills-thames-water
#WaterPrivatisation #ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #GE2024