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Thames Water lenders pitch new governance plan as nationalisation threat looms

By Benjamin Chiou

Date: Tuesday 21 Jul 2026

(Sharecast News) - Thames Water's lenders have offered to give the government a so-called "golden share" in the utility as part of a revised £10bn rescue package aimed at avoiding nationalisation by new prime minister Andy Burnham.
The proposal comes from the London & Valley Water (L&VW) consortium, which represents around...

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