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Thames Water to fight Burnham as ‘temporary nationalisation’ rumours swirl

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:18 July 2026
Post last modified:18 July 2026

Thames Water has f*cked up so badly that the government may be forced to nationalise it. Rather than holding its hands up and saying sorry, though, it seems the incompetent vultures managing the company are planning to take the government to court. BREAKING: The group of investors engaged in a rescue bid for Thames Water are plotting a legal fight with Andy Burnham's new government over nationalisation. Our city editor @MarkKleinmanSky has the exclusive storyhttps://t.co/SHT8Hbpwmz pic.twitter.com/9rSuAm06yV — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 18, 2026 Thames Water the focus of scandals upon scandals Thames Water is arguably one of the worst companies operating…

Thames Water issues massive bonuses to bosses… despite the ban on water bosses’ bonuses

Post author:Grace
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

Anybody out there remember Ofwat issuing a ban on water bosses’ bonuses at the tail-end of 2025? Well apparently Thames Water doesn’t — it just increased its senior managers’ bonus payouts to an eye-watering £4.1m. As the Canary reported only yesterday, 15 July, the prospect of public ownership is looming over the failed, sewage-spewing water company. The company is currently buried under £18.5 billion of debt, up from £16.8 billion a year ago, and is set to run out of money at the end of the year. What better time for the bosses to cut themselves a nice fat paycheck, eh? Job well…

Animal activists drop giant banner on the Thames demanding foie gras import ban

Post author:The Canary
Post published:14 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

Pressure on the government to ban the importation of foie gras is intensifying. Activists from animal protection organisation Animal Equality have unfurled a giant banner on Victoria Embankment. It says “KEEP YOUR PROMISE: BAN FOIE GRAS IMPORTS”, in direct view of parliament. The action follows the launch of 150 billboards and ads running across south east England sharing the same message. These are likely to reach 30 million passers-by. Foie gras is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese via a metal pipe inserted down the throat, multiple times a day. This cause their livers to swell up to ten times their…

Environment secretary writes to Ofwat calling out Thames Water deal

Post author:Grace
Post published:16 June 2026
Post last modified:16 June 2026

Thames Water is now even closer to temporary nationalisation after the government objected to a £10bn rescue proposal from its creditors. Ofwat, the UK water regulator, is also feeling the heat, after Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds penned a letter to the watchdog criticising the lenders’ offering. She warns it would fail both the environment and customers. ‘A holiday from the rules’ Thames Water has teetered on the edge of ruin for several years, at this point. It’s currently buried under £20bn in debt, and has faced record fines for dumping untreated sewage into England’s waterways. The company will run out of…

Burnham slammed for saying he won’t renationalise Thames Water

Post author:Alf
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

It’s been widely reported that Andy Burnham wants to ‘renationalise’ vital public industries and utilities. This sounds good, because people hate privatisation, and they want the UK to once more own its own assets. The problem, of course, is that Burnham isn’t planning to renationalise anything, as he keeps admitting: Andy Burnham says we could have a "localised public control option" for Thames Water What does that mean? Who is in charge? Where do the profits go? We need nothing less than permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of Thames Water with households, workers and anti sewage groups on the board pic.twitter.com/0s1OT1mMzz — Cat…