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The experts are clear: the new White Paper on Water won't work if it doesn't tackle the root problem - who owns our water in England.

😡The government seems more concerned about 'stability for investors'.

😍Yet 82% of the public want water in public hands. It's time Labour listened.

Labour can't fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
Tougher regulation won’t fix Britain’s water crisis, experts say, while privatisation and investor protections remain in place.
www.bigissue.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Radical? Lowering bills, reducing rents, defending our NHS, and refusing to arm genocide.

The real radicals are in government - and the commentariat that “warns” you when we all dare to say: it doesn’t have to be like this.
July 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.

But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Labour MPs PROMISED YOU they would make the NHS so good, no one would have to go private

Wes Streeting's new 10 year plan *should have set out how*

1) investing in NHS capacity to match comparable EU countries
2) phasing out the private sector over time

weownit.org.uk/news/5-ways-...
July 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt

weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
Bring Thames Water into public ownership | We Own It
weownit.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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This week I made the case in Parliament for ending the failed experiment of water privatisation.

Here’s my speech.

youtu.be/5gIOTHnvxEI?...
March 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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This is what should happen to water companies that pollute our water.
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I believe the public - not CEOs & hedge funds - should have the final say on our water.

My Water Bill would put public ownership back on the table through Citizens’ Assemblies.

The debate is only in a week. Will you make sure your MP shows up? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
actionnetwork.org
March 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Positive steps with Govt's planned investment in tailored, non-compulsory employment support. But removing £5bn from the benefits system by 2030 risks undoing this progress. I strongly oppose cuts that harm disabled people & their families.

Read my full statement below 👇
March 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Shocking - Lord Darzi's "independent" review isn't at all as he failed to declare $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare

The report mentioned austerity

But does this explain why the word "privatisation" does not appear at all in a 163 page document?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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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?
www.windrushwasp.org/single-post/...
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...
www.windrushwasp.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Government should be FAR more ambitious

People need to be able to buy energy directly from publicly owned Great British Energy so they can see that bills are CHEAPER

And bring the natural monopoly of transmission and distribution into public ownership

www.politico.eu/article/nige...
Nigel Farage’s next act: Hammer Labour on energy costs
Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills — and some government MPs are getting nervous.
www.politico.eu
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Thames Water is like the goose that laid the golden eggs 🪿

Privatisation stole all the eggs, nearly killed the goose

Now they want US to rescue the goose, fatten it up and give it back!

I say we keep the goose and look after it - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water rescuers seek clean break before committing fresh funds
Exclusive: Some bidders demand temporary renationalisation to help cut debts and oust bosses
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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It's outrageous that Starmer plans to *increase NHS privatisation* instead of doing this👇🏥

www.youtube.com/shorts/DHknu...
3 ways Keir Starmer could expand NHS capacity
YouTube video by We Own It
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM