‘The whole thing stinks’: UK water firms to pay out £14.7bn in dividends as customers foot sewage costs

‘The whole thing stinks’: UK water firms to pay out £14.7bn in dividends as customers foot sewage costs

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Water companies will pay an estimated £14.7bn in dividends by the end of this decade, while making customers pay for new investment to stem the tide of sewage pollution in seas and rivers, analysis for the Observer has revealed. Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron denounced the billions going to…

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