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Gotta agree with #Burnham on this.
Privatisation of essential services has clearly failed.
Investment lacking, debt higher than ever, bills unaffortable.
By taking profit out of essential services, people will have more money to spend - growing the economy productively.
#NationaliseThamesWaterNow
#PrivatisationFailedMore public control is the way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/31/andy-burnham-commons-more-public-ownership-only-way-to-grow-uk-economy -
Damning evidence that weak regulation is key to the failure of water #privatisation
#Burnham should seize on this to #NationaliseThamesWater now and aggressively ramp up Ofwat penalties.
Most sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggests - BBC News
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Restoring #Britain’s #health to 2014 levels could add 2% to #GDP
A paper by the Health Foundation #ThinkTank, published on Sunday, argues the nation’s health should be valued by policymakers as an #economic #asset.
Restoring the deteriorating health of the #UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests.
#SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFailed #NHS #Austerity #fail #compassion
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Debt isn't inherently bad, as it can allow infrastructure expenditures or expansion.
I'd rather see a law that no leadership role in essential services is paid more than 10x the average national wage. If you need a bigger wage, you're not focused on service.
Of course, essential services should be nationalised - so there's no inflation from profit taking or paying dividends. Investment should come from gov bonds.
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Stunning statement on #ThamesWater
"...the money customers are paying in bills is nowhere near enough to fund the massive infrastructure upgrades needed after years of underinvestment."
The entire justification for #privatisation was greater investment. Yet another lie.
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#NationaliseThamesWaterNowCash-strapped Thames Water poses big test for Burnham - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gygy43103o -
Privatised water has brought:
- more sewage dumping
- high prices
- unsustainable debtAnd now
- delayed hosepipe bans and
- too few resevoirsIt's past time to #NationaliseThamesWater and #NationaliseWaterCompanies
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This is a hard no!
Not only should #ThamesWater not be allowed to take on more debt, but that debts shouldn't be backstopped by the government.
It's time to stop the plunder and #NationaliseThamesWaterNow