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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/19/water-firms-could-be-let-off-pollution-fines-as-part-of-government-overhaul
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>The Guardian understands the white paper, which will be published on Tuesday and was not made available to journalists in advance, will include provisions for the regulator to step in and “manage” fines so a company does not collapse. This could include deferring penalties, or letting the company off certain payments. A source at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the “aim is for every water company to eventually pay their fines”.
Phew, was worried for a moment that these water companies who are fucking our seas and rivers wouldn’t get away scot free! Thank goodness this Labour government is doing right by them.
What’s the point of having the rules on pollution levels if they can just get away with it without being fined?
South East Water can barely supply water to homes but still pay out bonuses, regulator/government won’t do anything for fear investment will stop in the companies, because they know there’s been very little investment in infrastructure by the water companies.
Find someone who looks at you the way the UK government looks at the water companies.
It was one of their election promises.
It is simply untenable that not only are they not sorting it out *in any way* but now they’re considering letting them off fines to help with “investor confidence”.
I am staggered that, on the one hand we *still* get leveraged buyouts, that inevitably leaves banks holding bad debt when the outfit, having been asset stripped and loaded with the purchase debt, fails with loads of job losses.
And the way the water companies created false profit to hand out extra dividends, isn’t corruption and or fraud *and that investors should have been well aware of how their money was gained* and so should be prepared for loss. Apart from that and the fact We’re the only country with privatised water companies…
But somehow this fraud/corruption like actions is being 100% supported by Labour and needs to be stopped.
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AS PER YOUR MANIFESTO MR STARMER, RENATIONALISE NOW.
Any investors that didn’t think, at some point, the government would come to it’s senses and SECURE THE WATER SUPPLY OF THEIR COUNTRY and they loose some cash, didn’t do due diligence anyway.
As for the huge loan seven trent has, well, just imagine it was a leveraged buyout that inevitably failed..?
edit: clarity
What does our government do if it’s not longer in charge of our water or environmental matters.
Tbf what’s the point in fines? One way or another they will find their way into the bills to consumers. There must be other recourses that can be applied like the government will take over and pay the shareholders of the company nothing if they fail to do x, y and z or something like this.