Environment secretary Steve Reed 'didn't know' company that gave him £1,700 football ticket was linked to water firm Mr Reed, who is responsible for holding private water companies to account, declared £1,786 for a Chelsea v Crystal Palace ticket with hospitality from a firm linked to Northumbrian Water.

2/2 📢" #FraudAlert!"👇🤑😖🤬

' #MrReed, who is-*checks notes*-"responsible for holding #PrivateWaterCompanies to account"🙄, declared £1,786 for a Chelsea v Crystal Palace ticket with hospitality from a firm linked to #NorthumbrianWater.'

#Shocked! 🙄 #SaidNobodyEver!💩🤢🤮

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Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

#Privatewatercompanies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

Britain’s ‘broken’ water system: a history of death, denial and diarrhoea The water regulator has issued a record £168m fine to Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water for a ‘catalogue of failure’ regarding illegal sewage discharges – with more fines expected to follow.

Surprisingly* interesting piece in @theconversation.com about the modern history of Britain's water supply - despite having advanced water regulations and leading on public health innovations, the state hasn't been able to properly regulate #PrivateWaterCompanies going back as far as 1866 1/2

#water #safecleandrinkingwater #PrivateWaterCompanies