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Ailing water company hopes higher bills can save it, but that depends on Ofwat agreeing its salvage plans are workable

Thames Water, like other water companies, had no debt at the time of privatisation. But since 1989, these utility firms have borrowed vast sums to pay out more than £65 billion in dividends. Privatisation was of course supposed to drive investment. Instead it has fallen. Taxpayers and bill payers have been…

Britain’s biggest water company said just 3p in every pound that appeared on bills went to its lenders

Calls for inquiry after regulator failed to declare hospitality with those it holds to account over sewage spills

Cryptocurrency buoyed by flows into new ETFs that track the value of bitcoin

The Commonwealth will soon deliver large cheques to improve the health of the Murray-Darling Basin as one state sets its sights on private irrigators.

Bengaluru water crisis leads to soaring water tanker prices, reaching ₹2,500 for 12,000 litres in some areas.

Revision will pile further pressure on firm to invest in infrastructure amid anger over its sewage-dumping record

Lib Dems dismiss plan saying water fines need to go to consumers rather than to the Treasury