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Shortage of data raises questions over condition of infrastructure as groups seek sharp increases in bills
A potential failure at the UK’s biggest water provider could carry sector-wide risks, survey finds
Troubled utility asks regulator to approve higher expenditure alongside potential rise to bills
Ofwat criticises failure to improve infrastructure in letter seen by Financial Times
Government contingency plans could see bulk of debt taken on by state with utility split in two
Chancellor says UK government will never insure investors against poor decisions
In 32 years since privatisation £78bn has been paid out of utilities
Investors calculated that it would take £8bn of fresh equity to comply with Ofwat conditions
Plus, are Angela Rayner’s tax affairs a big problem for Labour or a smear story?
Australian group had been criticised for loading UK utility with debt
Environment department says cash will be taken from fines on water industry but campaigners say amount is minuscule
Bank of China and ICBC in a group of four banks behind £190mn loan that matures end of April
The utility’s owners are to begin urgent restructuring talks
Political headache intensifies for Sunak as utility’s parent company Kemble dices with insolvency
Factory does not have enough work to keep functioning normally in the coming years
Utility wants to raise bills by 56% by 2030 in effort to stop investors walking away
UK’s biggest water utility, the government and Ofwat are at an impasse over its finances
Investors say regulatory conditions make utility’s business plan ‘uninvestable’
Shareholders refuse to confirm they will make fresh equity injection
Data from Environment Agency prompts calls for government to declare national emergency
Pollution from emergency overflow pipes into canals, coastal waters and rivers has not always been recorded until now
Government decision heightens risk of significant lay-offs at Hitachi and Alstom’s UK plants
Making seawater drinkable is energy-intensive and polluting. Lots of companies think they can do better
The prime minister’s business aide is overseeing efforts to avert the utility’s potential failure
Higher leakage rates in London than in Phnom Penh underscore a long-running policy argument
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