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Andy Burnham: “If you look at water as an industry as a whole, it’s run predominantly in the private interest rather than the public…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2026
If you look at water as an industry as a whole, it’s run predominantly in the private interest rather than the public interest, or in other words, it’s an industry where the shareholders can never lose and the bill payers never win.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the water industry structure.

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