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Evening Standard
Callum Parke

Part of Thames Water restructure plan ‘holds company to ransom’, High Court told

Thames Water is seeking to restructure to avoid being bailed out by investors (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

One of the terms of a plan to restructure Thames Water “holds the company to ransom”, the High Court has heard.

The utility, which is England’s biggest water company with about 16 million customers, is in about £16 billion of debt and needs £3.3 billion over the next five years to keep running, with money due to run out by late March.

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