Environmental campaigner Fergal Sharkey has told LBC News Thames Water is to blame for the state of its own finances after the supplier proposed bill increases of almost 60%.
Earlier this week, the water industry warned that firms will be unable to deliver reforms such as stopping sewage outflows without the rise in costs for consumers.Despite Ofwat’s proposition that water bills can only rise an average 21%, Thames Water have themselves proposed a 52% rise in bills by 2030 - a figure that could rise to 59% if it is given extra spending allowances by the regulator.
Yet Mr Sharkey has little sympathy for the company and has called on others to join him in the March for Clean Water on October 26 as he, according to River Action, calls for Sir Keir Starmer “to take immediate and decisive action to end the poisoning of our rivers, lakes and seas”.
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