Water companies have been invited to advise on the design of new panels that are supposed to hold them accountable to the public. It’s a neat summary of Labour’s approach to the privatised water industry: let the monopolies keep control…
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Royal Mail has once again failed to meet its delivery targets, leaving people waiting for important letters while its management congratulates itself on an “encouraging” improvement. Between March and June, 85 percent of first-class post arrived the next day. That…
Water companies in England and Wales are preparing to take another £3.4bn from customers to cover infrastructure and environmental spending. Once again, the working class is being ordered to pay for the consequences of private ownership. Ofwat has provisionally approved…
The chief executive of Thames Water has claimed that targets for reducing leaks and pollution are “not realistic”, after decades in which private owners and lenders drained billions from the company while its infrastructure deteriorated. Chris Weston told the BBC…
This week, Thames Water has said that it needs to increase customer bills by 40 percent to pay for the necessary upgrades to its infrastructure. Thames Water, like other water companies in Britain, has been under the spotlight recently for…
The John Lewis chain has announced that it is going into partnership with Randox Health. It will start offering a range of Randox services in its stores, with health checks starting from £295. Naomi Simcock, the head of the John…