As a Green, I’m appalled by the damage private water companies are doing—but even if the environment isn’t your priority, they’re still ripping us off. Watch this excellent explainer by Kat at #WeOwnIt, then write to your MP: water should be nationalised, and Thames Water must not dodge environmental fines until 2030. https://youtu.be/zeqr52JCy1w

#thamesWater #waternationalisation #sewage #greenparty #GPEW

7 reasons why we can’t afford NOT to nationalise water

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£100Bn or £20?
How much would water nationalisation cost initially?
If the companies are allowed to go bankrupt then the latter.

Of course then there will be more costs of investing properly in decent water infrastructure, water conservation and waste reduction and management.
But the public are being asked to pay for that, and profits and bonuses now.

Labour’s arguments on #WaterNationalisation reveal their total economic incompetence
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/22/labours-arguments-on-water-nationalisation-reveal-their-total-economic-incompetence/

Labour’s arguments on water nationalisation reveal their total economic incompetence

This exchange took place in The Commons yesterday as Clive Lewis MP asked Steve Reed MP, the Environment Secretary, about nationalisation of the water industry: Clive Lewis (Norwich South) (Lab) I am afraid that the report feels like a missed opportunity for the Government to show the public whose side they are on....

Funding the Future
Cut the waterworks! Your apology for sewage stinks

English water companies want you to know they’re sorry for dumping human excrement in the sea and rivers. No one told them it was wrong. They really didn’t think you’d mind...

The Independent