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Reform UK calls for water firms to be under British control

Richard Tice said no other country has allowed its water firms to be under foreign control.

The leader of Reform UK, previously the Brexit Party, claimed the regulators have been “asleep at the wheel” allowing sewage to be dumped into seas and rivers.

He called for water and power firms and “critical British infrastructure” to be brought back under British control.

End foreign ownership of UK utilities, says Reform UK

31 January 2023

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