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Thames Water is ‘drowning in debt’ as pollution and bills soar

Posted on July 15, 2025 by insidecroydon

Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can be bothered), and the environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s government, is facing renewed calls to renationalise privatised water companies, after the biggest, Thames Water, today reported an … Continue reading →

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Thames Water imposes hosepipe ban but still can’t fix leaks

Posted on August 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

Flood warnings one day, a hosepipe ban the next… That’s the reality in Croydon in the climate crisis. Thames Water this morning confirmed what had been widely expected after two months of drought that has seen the source of the … Continue reading →

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