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Water bosses caught colluding with Labour in bid to avoid nationalisation
Severn Trent chief

THE boss of water giant Severn Trent was caught colluding with Labour’s increasingly right-wing leadership to stave off calls for nationalisation today.

In a leaked email marked “highly confidential,” Liv Garfield invited other bosses from across England’s privatised system to a “off-the-record roundtable” discussion on how to maintain the “status quo” amid the potential collapse of Thames Water.

The debt-laden company, which has been widely criticised for overseeing leaky infrastructure and raw sewage discharges, will fold if it fails to secure more funding. 

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