They have been private for over 30 years. Over that time they have paid billions in dividends yet investment is lamentable. A private monopoly that isn’t working or accountable. Do you think the crooked political system should allow this situation to continue for another 30 years? No wonder Paterson feels hard done by, his misdeeds are small change compared to that swindle.
I'm certainly not defending them but perhaps the infrastructure problem is because of the poor investment when publically owned as much as now, the regulator should be harder on them
That is meaningless, it could be because of a large number of reasons, one of which is population numbers, business numbers etc, as I said I'm not defending them but stats can be used to prove anythingSays it all:-
"Scottish Water, which is publicly owned, has invested nearly 35% more per household in infrastructure since 2002 than the privatised English water companies, according to the analysis. It charges users 14% less and does not pay dividends". The Guardian.
People need housesIt should be recognised that the government is complicit in this by building millions of extra houses that sewage works cannot cope with, these mainly Tory governments seem to believe they can stuff this island with ever more people & houses with no effect at all on the utilities that have to cope with it all.