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CKI calls for Thames Water renationalisation after ‘high-risk’ creditor plan
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Hong Kong firm alleges bid process for troubled utility was not ‘market-led’
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Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 20 October https://t.co/1CFJIcxfPW
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London set to loosen planning rules in drive to boost housebuilding
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UK housing secretary and mayor in talks to make provisions on windows and bicycles less onerous as construction slumps
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Nearly 90% of these fees go to the Treasury. It’s a symptom of our out-of-control electricity system that govt charges rent to wind farms and then adds taxes onto bills to pay for them. To cut subsidies & make electricity cheaper, we need urgent reform of this ‘circular taxation’
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Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for pushing up UK energy prices Cost of offshore wind increased by monopoly ownership of seabed, alleges campaign group. @gillplimmer1 @RachelMillardAS
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UK pledges to defend steel industry after EU says it will raise tariffs to 50%
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Brussels also plans to cut amount that can be imported tax free which would be ‘terminal’ for British companies
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Thames Water’s creditors offer to take 25% write-off on debt
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Creditors set out their proposal to take control of Britain’s largest water company
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The UK’s infrastructure costs are amongst the highest globally, making ambitious projects – like new nuclear plants, HS2, and airport expansions – extremely expensive. But what are the drivers behind these high costs? Listen to my latest podcast: https://t.co/4O1vz5uXtJ
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Dieter @Dieter_Helm on devastating form dissecting govt's latest chaotic attempt at trying to justify their made-up "it'll cost £100bn to nationalise the water industry" claim. https://t.co/n5PwmMaRha
dieterhelm.co.uk
Like the Icelandic sagas, the Thames Water story just keeps giving, even if sagas always come to an end, however much the protagonists try to head off the inevitable. OFWAT, Defra and the Treasury,...
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Our scoop now confirmed by the company Spire Healthcare taps bankers after shareholder push for £1.4bn sale @EmDunks @gillplimmer1
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London-listed private hospital group turns to Rothschild to advise on a potential deal
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UK favours 25% steel overall to US rather than some zero rate quotas in 50% via @FT @GeorgeWParker @pmdfoster @gillplimmer1
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[FREE TO READ] Keir Starmer favours making ‘permanent’ Britain’s preferential 25% rate, according to allies
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UK nuclear plant to add £200,000 a year to large businesses’ energy bills, analysts say The cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear power plant is set to add more than £200,000 a year to major businesses’ energy bills, already among the highest in Europe. @RachelMillardAS
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Tideway provides an outstanding legacy to the world of ‘how’ to deliver multi-billion infrastructure programmes. Huge congratulations to Andy Mitchell and the @TidewayLondon teams! ✅A pleasure to contribute to this excellent @FT article by Gill Plimmer: https://t.co/ydpopGyzgO
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Southern Water bans tankers from serving Stephen Schwarzman’s country estate
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Blackstone boss’s Wiltshire manor and lake served by utility that imposed hosepipe ban
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The average annual cost to local authorities of a placement in a children’s home rose to £318,400 in 2023-24, from £239,800 in 2019-20, https://t.co/sBcxxF2RGu
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‘Super sewer’ chief bows out to the sweet smell of success
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London’s £5bn Thames Tideway project has been completed without drama using a pioneering financial model
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UK infrastructure financing on track to reach record high
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Debt issuance this year highlights interest in assets despite troubles at Thames Water
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“'OFWAT is dead, long live OFWAT!'" @Dieter_Helm on bitingly fine form this morning. The Cunliffe Commission, Defra and the Water Act 2026 are all going to disappoint. Why? Because they all miss the point. https://t.co/Fk3wduEnB5
dieterhelm.co.uk
It is hard to find anyone who has a good word to say for the water industry in England and Wales. Thirty-five years after privatisation, the industry is mired in pollution, debt and public hostility....
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Nearly 700 journos and rising, all highlighting how Israel’s blocked independent Gaza access for 22 months ‘If the IDF has nothing to hide ….it should allow international journalists in’ @DiMagnaySky @Freedomtoreport
news.sky.com
IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani was reluctant to flesh out the implications of an expanded operation or what a full military "occupation" will look like during an interview with...
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"British air traffic is run like a water company. That’s why it failed," What a day for the water industry. You have now become a benchmark for failure and incompetence. Bravo, well done. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/IMsxDCOKLy
telegraph.co.uk
Making sure that a natural monopoly runs itself in the best interest of the customers isn’t simple. But we really must do better than this
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