Water companies could be let off fines for polluting the environment under changes announced in the government’s new white paper.
The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, hailed the changes as “once-in-a-generation reforms” featuring “tough oversight, real accountability and no more excuses”.
Campaigners called the proposed move to soften the approach to fines “desperate”, and said the government was letting companies off the hook.
There will be no change to the ownership structures of water companies, and Cunliffe was banned by the government from considering nationalising the industry in his report. England and Wales are the only countries in the world with a fully privatised water system.
Why. Why are we the only country in the world with completely privatized water.
“No 10 is operating under paralysis of doing anything which might slightly spook the bond markets. Ministers have failed to grasp the underlying issue which is corporate greed. The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers.”
Then don’t fine the companies then, fine the individuals who oversaw those companies and got paid through the nose of it. Send a message you fucking cowards
They already don’t give a fuck about poisoning the environment when they get punished for it, how do you think giving them a free ride to do it will help anything?
