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Thames Water’s £1m payout to finance chief is ‘unacceptable’, says government department

Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it

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Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution

Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal

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Burnham has forced greater clarity at Thames Water. Now he must choose

Bondholders are suddenly showing flexibility after 18 wasted months at ailing utility company

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Thames Water investors offer ‘golden share’ in bid to head off nationalisation

Move would give government veto over big decisions and hostile takeovers, after Burnham’s call for greater public control

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Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms

Consortium preparing for potential legal battle amid reports new PM could put the company into temporary public ownership

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Thames Water increases bonus payments to £4m despite uncertainty over future

Annual results show struggling firm’s net debt has risen to £19.7bn, up from £17.7bn a year earlier

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China grows at one of lowest rates on record; Thames Water has funds to survive to year end – as it happened

Thames Water says it has £515m cash in the bank as its debts swell to £18.5bn

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‘More public control’: what will Burnham do about water and energy?

In the fifth of a series on nationalisation, we look at utilities – including the cost of ending private ownership

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Thames Water creditors ‘will bid for company even if it is nationalised’

Group of 100 investors still discussing £10bn rescue proposal with officials from regulator Ofwat, says report

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‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation

Track record of Welsh Water shows changing ownership status is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector

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Will Andy Burnham ‘go big’ in expanding the role of the state?

In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water

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BT pension scheme lost £300m on Thames Water stake

Loss came after decision to write off 8.7% equity stake in water company moving closer towards nationalisation

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The tide is turning on Thames Water: special administration looks best

It is still not totally clear what the government wants but the political mood seems to be shifting towards a decision

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Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government objects to rescue deal

Environment secretary raises concerns that customers would face ‘undue burden’ from £10bn plan

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Brent crude falls to three-month low below $80 as Iranian oil tankers ‘resume shipping’ – as it happened

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Thames Water rescue deal threatened by uncertainty over next prime minister

Exclusive: Potential investors fear Andy Burnham could push to bring utility companies into public ownership

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Thames Water investors say temporary nationalisation would slow its recovery

Comments come after Andy Burnham says he would renationalise water and other businesses as PM

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Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’

Offer reportedly put forward by creditors hoping to save struggling firm from being renationalised temporarily

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Investors tell Thames Water to ‘eat humble pie’ over failed takeover and open bids

CK Infrastructure says watchdog should intervene to let other firms bid after KKR pulled out

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Thames Water rescue deal talks rumble on interminably but its future remains unclear

As negotiations enter a ninth month, an outcome is thought to be weeks away and the devil is still in the detail

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Thames Water lenders float new £10bn rescue plan

Latest effort involves paying off fines worth hundreds of millions of pounds as part of bid to stave off financial collapse

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Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry

As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead

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Thames Water halts plans to hand £2.5m retention bonuses to bosses

The firm was expected to hand £2.46 million to 21 senior executives in so-called retention awards.

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Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses

Heavily indebted utility puts back ‘retention payments’ for 21 executives until new year amid search for rescue deal

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Refinancing is delayed at Thames Water. If Ofwat is playing hard, it should keep going

Discussions are ‘taking longer than expected’, which may mean regulator is tearing chunks out of creditors’ proposal

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