consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.

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Production at SSUK sites in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands was paused earlier this year.

Academics have been studying how cities should be designed to protect their inhabitants from extreme heat

York councillors have been urged to hold Yorkshire Water to account over sewage pollution and concerns about missing monitoring data

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Chancellor could also raise capital gains tax and abolish stamp duty, Paul Johnson says

Public ownership of water is popular. MPs must give us a say on who owns our water.

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Governments knew what was coming. They failed to act because the political costs of taking on the corporate sector were too immense. Those corporations are now more powerful than ever

Bridget Phillipson is the new Labour Party chair. Like other Burnham picks, she's received thousands in funding from the Israeli lobby.

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Andy Burnham has edged further towards clarifying his policy on work and pensions reform, taking a step away from blaming disabled claimants but still failing to acknowledge the safeguarding risks …

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Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record

Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.

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The government says the findings are stark, while a campaign group says they should be "headline news".

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The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports