"So why has the government set such a low investment target that still leaves us with polluted water? The only possible answer is that they wanted to make sure that the private water companies would not go bust by having to spend too much.
Let me put that another way. The government thinks that saving the private water companies is more important than them polluting our water, rivers and beaches with all the costs that will create." – npub1ke2g8yhwxtxr68vj75974l2kwu4thlkusdsmcvcgr5schpa5atrqnxwvwj (npub1ke2…wvwj)
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/06/29/englands-water-industry-is-environmentally-insolvent/
Simon Brooke /
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2023-06-29 09:26:20
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