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• Opinion: Thames Water makes case for renationalisation … now!

  28-03-2024 18:09
  
  By UNISON’s head of environment, Donna Rowe-Merriman
  Shadowy overseas private equity firms have sucked all the good out of Thames Water and saddled it with billions of pounds of debt. So reports that it is scrambling to find extra cash, after handing out millions of pounds to shareholders and bonuses to top bosses in recent years, are hardly surprising.
  Even its shareholders won’t keep it afloat, having refused to pay £500m by the end of the month, saying regulatory requirement
  
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• The business model for Thames Water has failed

  28-03-2024 14:21
  
  Commenting on reports that Thames Water is scrambling to find extra cash as it handed out millions of pounds to shareholders and bonuses to top bosses in recent years, UNISON head of environment Donna Rowe-Merriman said: “It’s clear the business model for Thames Water has failed and the company is unviable.
  “Even Thames Water’s own shareholders refuse to keep it afloat.
  “Yet again, staff are facing an uncertain future with jobs at risk and no hope of much-neede
  
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• Law change on flexible working does not go far enough, says UNISON

  28-03-2024 01:01
  
  Commenting on a survey by conciliation service ACAS published today (Thursday) that shows most workers are unaware of a change in the law making it easier to request flexible working, UNISON head of equality Josie Irwin said:
  “This law change is a welcome move but doesn’t go far enough. Giving everyone the right to work flexibly from day one in a job would be beneficial for staff and employers alike. It would also help bring workplaces into the 21st century. Bosses have not
  
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