Thames Water: MP Calls For Government Control As Debt Climbs

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“Every time you end up talking about water companies, it’s always the customers that get forgotten - and that’s the one thing that’s really got to change here.” The government should take Thames Water into special administration when the finance package ends in November to deal with its debt and provide a better service for customers, says chair of the environment, food and rural affairs select committee Alistair Carmichael MP. Alistair Carmichael was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday, 1pm – 4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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