London, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - UK's biggest water supplier wins lifeline as customer bills hiked

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2024-12-19

Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, which is drowning in debt, won a financial lifeline Thursday as regulators allowed it to massively hike customers' bills, though by less than the company demanded. Water regulator Ofwat said Thames Water, which supplies around 16 million homes and businesses in London and elsewhere in southern England, could increase average bills by 35 precent between now and 2030. Thames, riddled with £16 billion-......

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