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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Alex Daniel

Southern Water gets rating downgrade amid ‘challenging funding conditions’

Southern Water serves 4.7 million people across the south and south-east of England (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Southern Water has suffered another credit rating downgrade, with Fitch bumping the struggling utility company’s debt to one step above junk status.

Fitch announced the move on Tuesday, citing “challenging funding conditions” and the growing risk that it will default on its debt.

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