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MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds

The Guardian · 18 Eylül 2026
MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds

<p>Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company </p><p>Andy Burnham is under further pressure to take control of ailing Thames Water from a cross-party group of MPs who are calling for ministers to break off talks with the US hedge funds who are effectively running the company.</p><p>Adding their voices to demands that the prime minister takes public control of the company, which has debts of £20bn and is being controlled by a group of