Drowning in Dividends: The Failed Privatisation of Britain’s Water Industry
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Drowning in Dividends: The Failed Privatisation of Britain’s Water Industry

On how the privatisation of the water industry under Margaret Thatcher has led to excessive profits and dividends for shareholders, chronic underinvestment in infrastructure, rampant sewage dumping, and a problematic revolving door between regulators and the companies they oversee.