“The government is now sacrificing every bill payer in every household in England and Wales on that bonfire of corporate greed.”
Water companies are a “major political headache” for the government as they have built up £82.5billion of debt since they were privatised, singer and environmentalist Feargal Sharkey says.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been approached for comment.
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