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Friday briefing: What the crisis at Thames Water means for customers

In today’s newsletter: The UK’s biggest water company has faced fierce criticism after presiding over rising water bills and a sewage crisis – and now customers are facing a 22% increase in bills

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat accused of showing ‘contempt’ to customers over water bill price rises

Politicians and campaigners condemn charging proposals, as regulator puts Thames Water into special measures

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water placed in special measures due to ‘significant issues’

Ofwat says UK’s biggest water company will come under extra scrutiny as it faces prospect of restructuring or temporary renationalisation

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Rise of £94 in water bills over five years is ‘bitter pill’, says chancellor

Customers in England and Wales to pay an extra £19 each year on average as firms raise money to tackle sewage and leaky pipes

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water bills to shoot up by almost £100 over the next five years

The company has warned that it could run out of money by next May if it is not allowed to put up bills by 59%

Evening Standard

Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works

Exclusive: Fears customers will end up paying twice for work needed in order to comply with legal pollution limits

The Guardian - UK

Cheap sales, debt and foreign takeovers: how privatisation changed the water industry

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’

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Thames Water blames climate change after sewage discharge into rivers doubles

Firm under fire as it admits huge increase in pollution as it pushes for 59 per cent bill hike and pays out £195million to shareholders

Evening Standard

Rise in sewage pollution from Thames Water’s ageing treatment works

Incidents from sites and pipe network increased by 19 last year to 350 amid delays in investment, company says

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water pays out £158m to shareholders despite £15bn debt and sewage leak failings

Thames Water says it has cash to last until May 2025 and if it fails to find investment, Sir Keir Starmer will face a decision on measures that would effectively see it nationalised

The Independent UK

Thames Water to tap investors for funds as it will run out of cash by next June

Company is laden with £15.2bn of debt, up £1.3bn on the previous year, most of which could be added to the public purse

The Guardian - UK

Thames, Tata, Shein – it won’t be business as usual for Labour’s Jonathan Reynolds

The new business secretary will have big calls to make within a few days of sitting down at his desk

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water accused of ‘chicanery’ over £150m dividend payment

Debt-laden utility urged to show greater transparency as it faces investigation by industry regulator Ofwat

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn

Exclusive: Ofwat to investigate circumstances around payment of dividend to intermediate parent company

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Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak

Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s biggest investor cuts value of its stake to zero

Writedown by Canadian pension fund Omers highlights growing financial crisis at utilities firm

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Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 40,000 points for first time; UK reality TV stars charged over FX scheme – as it happened

Strong quarterly results and hope of interest rate cuts drive DJIA to new alltime high

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International Business Times

How UK's Biggest Water Supplier Sank Into Crisis

Thames Water, the UK's largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment, sinking into a deep financial crisis which has sparked bailout speculation.

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s extra £1.1bn will do little to steady the sinking ship

The debt-riddled firm has updated its five-year spending plans but still needs to convince the regulator and investors

Evening Standard

Thames Water warns it could hike bills by £200 a year to help cut sewage spills

Bill set to hit £627 by 2030 to pay for investment projects

Evening Standard

A £200 Thames Water bill increase is one thing, but for this level of service?

City Comment: We have arrived at a situation where there is no confidence in the ownership of a business that has the monopoly in supplying water to the capital

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water 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

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 hits record closing high amid hopes of interest rates cuts – as it happened

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Evening Standard

Thames Water bills will still increase by 40% in updated business plan

The new plan comes at a time of serious questions over the future of the utility

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