#thatcherslegacy — Public Fediverse posts

'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

#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

#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

#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

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

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

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

#ThamesWater tests for #VomitingBug contamination as families fall sick

Exclusive: after #cryptosporidium outbreak in #Devon, residents in #SouthEastLondon report stomach cramps and diarrhoea
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/thames-water-vomiting-bug-cryptosporidium
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PublicHealth #PrivateProfitPublicCost #ProfitBeforePeople #GE3024 #GTTO

#England & #Wales #WaterFirms ask for bill rises of between 24% and 91%
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce55vp78n40o.amp

#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost #Greedflation #PayBackTheDividends

'Huge rise in #sewage discharges into #Lewes #rivers and the sea' | The Argus

'Sewage discharges into #waterways soared by 87 per cent in a year, according to new data.'
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24328134.huge-rise-sewage-discharges-lewes-rivers-sea/
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ShittyOldEngland #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#WaterIndustry [#England & #Wales]

#SouthWestWater owner says 85% of service restored as it raises #dividend

Utilities company hands out £127m to investors despite anger over #ParasiteOutbreak in #Devon
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/21/south-west-water-owner-service-dividend-devon
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePeople #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#Shareholders in some of the #UK's largest #WaterCompanies have taken out tens of billions of pounds but #FailedToInvest, new research claims, with firms planning to raise #HouseholdBills to fund future spending. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4478wnjdpo.amp
#ToryPoiciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#UnitedUtilities raises #InvestorPayouts a day after #Windermere #Sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% #dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent #IllegalPollution for 10 hours in February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/16/united-utilities-raises-investor-payouts-a-day-after-windermere-sewage-discharge-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePlanet #Pollutiin #SewageScandal #DirtyParty

#UnitedUtilities raises #InvestorPayouts a day after #Windermere #Sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% #dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent #IllegalPollution for 10 hours in February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/16/united-utilities-raises-investor-payouts-a-day-after-windermere-sewage-discharge-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePlanet #Pollutiin #SewageScandal #DirtyParty

#UnitedUtilities raises #InvestorPayouts a day after #Windermere #Sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% #dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent #IllegalPollution for 10 hours in February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/16/united-utilities-raises-investor-payouts-a-day-after-windermere-sewage-discharge-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePlanet #Pollutiin #SewageScandal #DirtyParty

#UnitedUtilities raises #InvestorPayouts a day after #Windermere #Sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% #dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent #IllegalPollution for 10 hours in February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/16/united-utilities-raises-investor-payouts-a-day-after-windermere-sewage-discharge-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePlanet #Pollutiin #SewageScandal #DirtyParty

#UnitedUtilities raises #InvestorPayouts a day after #Windermere #Sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% #dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent #IllegalPollution for 10 hours in February
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/16/united-utilities-raises-investor-payouts-a-day-after-windermere-sewage-discharge-revealed
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitBeforePlanet #Pollutiin #SewageScandal #DirtyParty

#England’s #rivers to remain in poor state as #EU laws ignored post-#Brexit, says watchdog

Government’s failure to match EU measures to improve condition of rivers, #lakes and #oceans called ‘deeply concerning’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/englands-rivers-to-remain-in-poor-state-as-eu-laws-ignored-post-brexit-says-watchdog
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Environment #ThatchersLegacy #SewageScandal #Pollution

#NorthumbrianWater told to publish #RawSewage discharge data it tried to hide

Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into #NorthSea
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #SewageScandal #Pollution #PublicHealth #DirtyParty
#ShittyOldEngland

#ThamesWater collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear

Officials in the #Treasury and the UK’s #DebtManagementOffice fear that, unless the #UK’s biggest #WaterCompany is #renationalised as soon as possible, “prolonged uncertainty” about its fate could “damage confidence in UK plc at a sensitive time”, with elections in the UK and the US later this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/thames-water-collapse-borrowing-whitehall-uk-finances-bonds-liz-truss
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy

'How the overseas owners of the #UK’s WaterCompanies clean up by #polluting our #rivers

Soiled seas and huge shareholder dividends: where has the £64bn borrowed by firms since #privatisation gone?'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/26/england-water-companies-shareholders-dividends-river-sea
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#ThamesWater could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks

Embattled water supplier promises to invest up to £3bn more over the next five years
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/22/thames-water-bills-fix-leaks
#ToryPoliciesInActiin #Privatisation #ThatchersLegacy #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#ThamesWater-linked firm paid £14m in #dividends despite concerns over group

#KennetProperties sells off Thames Water land, whose owner, #KembleWater, has warned it would not be able to pay a £190m loan
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/21/thames-water-linked-firm-paid-14m-in-dividends-despite-concerns-over-group
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#ThatchersLegacy
#PrivateProfitPublicCost

Margaret #Thatcher set #Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures – which lie behind many of the crises we face today – are forgotten
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/12/thatcher-uk-decline-politics-exorcise-her-ghost
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy

‘‘A deeply broken system’: is it time #England abandoned #CouncilTax?

In #London, rates for #Battersea power station’s £8m flats are still set with reference to its low-value past, and their #RichOwners pay less than #householders in #Hartlepool
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/07/a-deeply-broken-system-is-it-time-england-abandoned-council-tax
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #TakeFromThePoorGiveToTheTich #GTTO

#ThamesWater parent #defaults on debt;

#KembleWater missed an interest payment, raising the prospect that the company could collapse or face a significant restructure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/apr/05/uk-house-prices-fall-first-time-six-months-us-non-farm-payrolls-jobless-rate-business-live
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ProfitsBeforePeople