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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer to commit to nationalising water firms

Thames Water officials working on a burst water main in north London.
Thames Water officials working on a burst water main in north London. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Keir Starmer must consider nationalising water companies, Labour MPs have said, as the potential collapse of Thames Water means taxpayers may end up footing the bill for its debts.

Last year the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, ditched the Labour party’s policy to nationalise water, saying: “Within our fiscal rules, to be spending billions of pounds on nationalising things, that just doesn’t stack up against our fiscal rules.”

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