UK water firms braced for double date with destiny

Silas Brown

November 21, 2019 06:45 pm

corbyn — 2AA0M57 Intercontinental Hotel, Greenwich. London, UK. 18th Nov, 2019. Leader of Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn makes a keynote speech to the business leaders at the annual CBI (Confederation of British Industry) conference in Intercontinental Hotel, Greenwich, London. All political party leaders are pitching their business policy to Britain's business community at the conference as voters go the polls on 12 December in a 'winter' general election. Credit: Dinendra Haria/Alamy Live News | Dinendra Haria / Alamy Stock Pho/Alamy Stock Photo

UK water companies have a tricky December to navigate. The UK opposition Labour Party on Thursday made an election pledge to renationalise them, while they also face regulators' desires to toughen the financial regime under which they operate. Silas Brown reports.

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