Three ideas for how to deal with Thames Water
Source: The Guardian ·
The Guardian proposes emergency legislation, public control via the courts or stripping the utility company of its licenceAndy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company. Here are some ideas the prime minister is being urged to consider.Emergency legislation Continue reading...
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Andy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company. Here are some ideas the prime minister is being urged to consider. Burnham must introduce emergency legislation immediately to protect the supply of water for the public, said Richard Murphy, tax accountant and the brains behind Corbynomics. A new state-owned company, with a management team in waiting and all the necessary steps ready to take over the existing company’s systems, has to be put in place now. “A prime minister who cannot deliver water to maybe a quarter of the UK’s population would not be someone to be trusted with anything else. Andy Burnham has no choice but to address this matter, now,” said Murphy. The 1971 nationalisation of the Rolls-Royce aeronautical engineering company, to protect the national interest after it collapsed into receivership, could be used as a blue print. A similar national emergency…