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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge and Jasper Jolly

Thames Water increases bonus payments to £4m despite uncertainty over future

Thames Water logo on a sign with trees in the background
Thames Water has reported underlying profit after tax of £204m compared with £13m a year earlier. Photograph: Sam Oaksey/Alamy

Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers, despite warning over “material uncertainty” over its future as it scrambles to recapitalise to avoid nationalisation.

The water company also gave a pay rise to its chief executive, Chris Weston, and drew the ire of Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, for paying him a previously deferred bonus of £99,000 – despite a ban on bonuses because of pollution failures.

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