Filthy rich
Daily Mirror UK|April 17, 2024
Water companies' astonishing payouts to shareholders revealed
GRAHAM HISCOTT
Filthy rich

Yet bills are sky-high and leaks & pollution soar to dismal record

WATER companies have handed nearly £80billion to investors since the industry was privatised more than 30 years ago, it has emerged.

The dividend bonanza includes £2.5bn in the past two financial years alone. But suppliers have been slammed for raising customer bills while failing to tackle the industry's dismal track record on leaks and pollution.

When Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher began privatising the industry in the late 1980s, it owed nothing.

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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 17, 2024 من Daily Mirror UK.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.