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Thames Water headquarters beside the River Thames in Reading, a case study in the fight over utilities public ownership insolvency law

Insolvency law blocks Thames Water takeover

Thames Water customers face bills up to 44% higher while an insolvency law loophole, not political will, keeps the…

Scunthorpe Steelworks entrance road after British Steel nationalisation, with the plant's furnaces and gas holder visible in the background.

British Steel Nationalisation saves 2,700 jobs from private collapse

British Steel was nationalised on Thursday, ending fifteen months of uncertainty for 2,700 Scunthorpe steelworkers let…

UK electricity substation linked to national grid blackout cover up, with pylons and transmission lines in the countryside.

Households paid for operator’s alleged cover-up

Households paid the price for June's near-blackout while, a whistleblower says, grid bosses ordered staff to leave no…