Andy Knowles

UK water watchdog woos investors with ‘guaranteed revenues’ as it seeks £50bn Funds are needed to back projects to improve Britain’s crumbling water infrastructure

Ofwat/Govt promised this to England's water company investors.

“right to collect” revenues from customers, “opportunities for upside”, “capped liabilities” and “investment positive” ... “no exposure to competitive or market stranding risks”

This is a licence to fleece people.
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New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 Oxfam Media Release New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks. ...

“New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over.”

Just once would do… if they bothered.

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Thames Water's greedy creditors have *no leverage*

Investors have written down their stakes to ZERO

The company's debt can be WIPED OUT using existing legislation

The creditors can't offer a better deal than permanent public ownership

What is the government waiting for?

Public ownership of England’s water companies could cost close to zero, says thinktank Exclusive: Common Wealth report argues debt, pollution and underinvestment justify process known as special administration

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John McDonnell calls for grassroots leadership challenge to Starmer government In opinion piece for the Guardian, former chancellor says party members, unions and MPs should ‘take back control’

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UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

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Hastings Green Party photo

Nathalie, Zack and members in Tower Hamlets.

Group of members posing for a photo.

Bold leadership isn't just my leadership.

It's the thousands of you that I've been campaigning with on countless action days.

It's the leadership in your communities for people who don't yet even know the Green Party will give them the real representation they urgently need.

Day 9 of Lois asking Steve Reed to join her at the football. ⚽

Something stinks about Thames Water's sewage plant upgrade costs. How can it be 15x more expensive than building a new one in other countries?

Perhaps Environment Secretary Steve Reed can tell her?
#LoisvSteve

Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.

Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:

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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Our politicians seem to be terrified of us. Why is that?

Neoliberalism has failed, but the Labour government is wedded to it. No wonder they’re so frightened. They realise that we might rumble that they, too, are a bunch of failures.

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Petition: Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union I want the government to hold a referendum on whether the UK should Rejoin the European Union.

Brexit hurt our economy more than COVID and PUTIN combined

#RejoinEU is the biggest boost poss to our economy.

In the face of cuts, when there's clear alternatives is unforgivable, and will further push people to Reform.

We can't afford Brexit.
Pls sign
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UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.

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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.

Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition

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With todays news that energy bills are set to rise again in April, when he interviewed the head of Ofgem last year Adil Ray read out the huge profits made by the profiteering energy companies & the massive salaries paid to bosses

All the head of Ofgem could do was nod along

Throwing almost £1billion down the drain. It has been a heavy day, so this is a short blog to make clear what happened today at the High Court. Mr Justice Leech handed down a decision that will allow the proposed Thames Water restructuring pl...

Government's failure to take control of Thames Water means almost £1billion of customers' money will be squandered - How is this good for anyone but financial parasites and predators?
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UK inflation rate as measured by CPI rose to 3%. RPI hits 3.6%.

Price of food, energy, water, rents, internet, phones rising at higher rate, hitting the less well-off the hardest.

Govts can control inflation - end corporate profiteering, but they hit people.

Need people-centred policies.

Treasury to hand Bank of England £130bn in next five years in stealth subsidy to bankers As Chancellor looks to public spending cuts, the Treasury is set to give the Bank money that could instead be used to provide grant funding for over half a million social homes

Magic Money Tree.

UK govt to hand £130bn to Bank of England to pay stealth subsidy to banks.

Govts gave £895bn QE to speculators, banks profited.

Govt reversing QE, selling bonds at loss, covering
BoE losses from rising interest rates and the unwinding of QE, banks make billions.

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI

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Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

THEM and US.

The Criminal Finances Act 2017 is supposed to combat corporate tax evasion.

The Minister says "Since its introduction, there have been no prosecutions or convictions of corporations". Billions lost.

Laws created, not enforced.

Govts chase little people. Big beasts get favours

Labour's Reform copycat strategy plays into Farage's hands Migration is good for this country – and it’s time more politicians had the guts to say it.

Labour's disgusting deportation stunt this week wasn't just morally bankrupt, it was politically stupid. Politicians need to find the backbone to be honest about the real source of our problems: the wealthy elite draining money from our communities

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Labour's appeasement strategy delivering predictable results.

Banks raking in £30bn from interest rate ruse Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays made £30 billion between them last year by exploiting the gap between the rates for savers and borrowers, City experts say.

Banks raking in £30bn from interest rate ruse

“As interest rates rose from rock-bottom levels, High Street banks profited. They put up mortgage & loan costs faster than they have increased rates for savers and pocketed the difference”

Why can’t we stop this?
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YouTube video by Best for Britain Naomi Smith tells Lewis Goodall on LBC how the government can achieve its growth mission

💥Our CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social on @lewisgoodall.com @lbc.co.uk show: "there is no other policy offering or infrastructure investment project on the table that delivers up to 2.2% GDP growth in this kind of timeframe."

Read the full report: bestforbritain.org/growth_report

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Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

Closer economic ties with the European Union will boost growth by up to 2.2 per cent, according to new economic modelling shared with members of the cabinet

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2m more UK pensioners will pay income tax due to frozen thresholds.

Tory Govt froze personal allowance at £12,570 in 2021. Labour continued. This is tax hike in real terms

To help poor, Govt must abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cut std rate of VAT, inflation-proof personal allowance
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The Bank of England could try harder Whilst I was out yesterday, the Bank of England offered its opinion on the economy. Inflation is not as low as they would desire. The same is true everywhere. No action they can take will change this...

The Bank of England could try harder www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... As ever, the Bank of England failed to deliver what the U.K. economy required yesterday, undermining both our collective well-being and government policy. For how much longer are we going to tolerate its massive failures?

Severn Trent dividends to rise as water bills go up It comes amid scrutiny over payouts in the sector against a backdrop of rising customer bills.

Severn Trent Water dividends to rise, water bills go up.

A serial offender, dumps sewage in rivers, has 62 criminal convictions.

BBC Panorama claimed Severn Trent inflated its investment by £1.68bn

Water bills to be hiked by 47% to 2030.

Who protects the people?
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