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Calls mount for public ownership of Thames Water as it launches ‘blatantly greedy’ bid to hike bills
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CAMPAIGNERS mounted further calls for Thames Water to be permanently brought into public ownership today after the firm launched a “blatantly greedy and desperate bid” to hike bills yet again.
The firm has already been allowed to increase bills by 35 per cent over the next five years by regulator Ofwat.
Thames Water originally lobbied for a 59 per cent increase and is now asking the Competition and Markets Authority to review the decision.
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