Water bills to rise by 21% on average over next five years

[@BoogieKnight1976]

Disgusting, they dump waste in the waterways and now we compensate them demanding more money, utterly disgraceful .

[@T5Zplayer]

It's your toilet not theirs.

[@goodmusicneverdies1998]

N👏🏻A👏🏻T👏🏻I👏🏻O👏🏻N👏🏻A👏🏻L👏🏻I👏🏻S👏🏻E!!

[@T5Zplayer]

It was worse when it was nationalised. There was no investment. There was no oversight. Pollution was worse.

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

​@@T5ZplayerScotland's water is nationalised

[@goodmusicneverdies1998]

@T5Zplayer Doubt it, politicians we can hold to account for failures will always be better than foreign profiteers who fail to reinvest, develop & maintain services to even the most basic standards.. Only a few countries have privatised water for a reason, it's funny how we ALWAYS seem to be in the few, isn't it?

[@T5Zplayer]

@@ImloyaltoScotlandonly Over the last five years in Scotland, untreated sewage has been released 58,304 times. This is from just the 161 sewage overflows

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

@@T5Zplayer lmao yet 450 years of sewage in just over 4 years in England 🤣🤣🤣 Scotland's drinking water is top notch

[@ChrisMinusHumour]

Honestly, as a Scottish person, everyone south of the border needs to be outraged that their water is being sold for profit back to them at an extortionate rate. Privatisation of essential resources is disgusting. Not the mention how poorly their service is.

[@T5Zplayer]

Over the last five years in Scotland, untreated sewage has been released 58,304 times. This is from just the 161 sewage overflows

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@T5Zplayer That seems very low. Scottish Water has also been awarded Best Water Company in the Union. Also England's DEFRA and OFWATT do not operate here.

[@ultimate27100]

Prison Prison Prison, thats all i can say for the Polluters and a criminal record

[@davidcoffin7254]

All that extra money will end up offshore. Utter scam overseen by OFWAT, who work for the companies not the bill payer

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

And shareholders dividends by 30 %

[@T5Zplayer]

As I said, we need an intelligent debate. Yours is not it.

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

@@T5Zplayer said the intellectual and political equivalent of a cabbage

[@ImloyaltoScotlandonly]

​@@T5Zplayerboot cleaner alert

[@T5Zplayer]

@@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C Hurting my feelings again then.

[@MajorCharlesCarringtonV.C]

@@T5Zplayer stick to children's computer games

[@Broomfondle1]

Why are we paying for something we already paid for but not received!

[@VPPAF]

rewarded again for negligence mismanagement

[@Ll-ij2jh]

Worst part is after five years they’ll do the same ask for 50% rises to fund further works since energy bills were allowed to rise by 80-90% companies have started to take the absolute piss

[@dianecameron137]

and the bonus for one of their staff over one hundred thousand a year

[@TsarOfTheStar]

This is a JOKE!

[@earnestequivocation6250]

What we were promised: private sector efficiency, better service lower costs - freedom from tax payer burden. What was delivered: failure to repair pipes, failure to invest in infrastructure, massive and frequent releases of raw sewage into our river and coastlines, large levels of borrowing to pay shareholder dividends, massive bonuses for failing executives and now Thames Water asking for a bail out after shareholders refused to help!

[@T5Zplayer]

Trouble is this is a complicated issue. hence you're not gonna get an intelligent discussion or debate on Sky about it. The reality is clean water and sewage systems need constant investment and rebuild. And a further reality is most of the water companies do seem to be investing in infrastructure. but they are always going to be on the back foot. Starmer talks about millions of houses being built yet not doing anything to improve the water systems and sewage infrastructure alongside. I fish and canoe many the rivers near me. The most obvious signs of lazy public thinking? Every other bush and tree has used tampons and wet wipes hanging from them.

[@ElonDuck]

They have underinvested, and asset stripped everything.

[@hg82met]

Nothing complicated about diverting billions for bonuses and dividends while infrastructure gets neglected for decades and we're in knee-deep in raw sewage.

[@T5Zplayer]

@@ElonDuck A lie

[@T5Zplayer]

@@hg82met A lie

[@MrLaking123]

we shouldn't be paying for this get back the bonuses and use that to sort it out

[@hg82met]

They paid £50+ billions (that's right, BILLIONS) in dividends to their shareholders since privatisation. If that money was used to upgrade infrastructure, we wouldn't be in this mess. But of course the public are always reliable cash-cows for Tories' relentless privatisation.

[@T5Zplayer]

Any chance you can provide some evidence that no investment has been made? Just how much have the water companies made in infrastructure improvements and upgrades? Just facts please. How much more sewage will be produced by Stalmer's millions of new homes? How has he planned for that?

[@Pajaa37]

well drinking water should be FREE of charge!! And the GOVERNMENT from its immense revenue should be in charge of it instead of wasting money on irrelevant issues like home defence or maintaining the royal house! ( I bet they don’t have water bills issues…😂😂)

[@T5Zplayer]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pkc3168]

My water bill has recently gone up a ridiculous amount. Mark my words the sheer greed of this country to bring down the UK, guaranteed.

[@KevP-z8i]

Boycot the water companies...it rains so much in our country so lets try and harness our own water supply 😂😂

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

People paying more for water. Lets see how long that lasts when people decide to collect their own water when it rains.

[@neilg6675]

Absolute disgrace. Needs to be one if starmers first priorities stipping these criminals of their rackets. Just stealing money at this point and claiming they need more to do what they were paid to do in the first place

[@Pajaa37]

just as he started to talk about prices raising people are swarming out of the studio at 04:50!😂😂😂

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

Apparently ScottishWater is publicly owned.

[@theshadedshadow5993]

Greed.

[@NickNick-tp5cr]

My water bill has gone up £10 a month (£120 a year) for a single person household. I now pay £12 a week for water,I'm not metered.

[@Original-q11]

U r lucky, mines £80 a month over 10 months .

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

Why would the treatment companies not be doing what they are supposed to??

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

How many sewage treatment plants and how come they aint working anymore?? Where is the managers of the treatment plants? Either they work or they dont!

[@Pajaa37]

how does penalty change the quality of water supply is beyond me….

[@diesel92kj1]

Store rainwater.

[@SirStamford27]

She said "big job" on purpose there

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

Surely water is owned by the government of uk? Therefore by the people of this country.

[@Original-q11]

No they asset stripped it long ago like most things in this country

[@varadharajannadarajah]

Enjoy Labour 🥰

[@julianshepherd2038]

Laughs in state owned scottish water.

[@T5Zplayer]

Over the last five years in Scotland, untreated sewage has been released 58,304 times. This is from just the 161 sewage overflows

[@jonathanhill9504]

​@@T5Zplayer even if that's true, at least they can actually do something about it. England and Wales can't because the government doesn't even own the pipes...

[@toddsmith4532]

No worries, we're the pathetic English we don't mind!!!

[@stequality]

The people voted for it

[@martinluke9470]

@@stequality They did, and they must suck it up or preferably wake up.

[@bobdidit55]

What is it with this channel constantly call England the UK. This is an English problem, not a British one. I drink nice fresh water here in Scotland 😂.

[@T5Zplayer]

55,000 unauthorised sewerage spills later. Why lie? Racist?