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Households in the UK could lose an average of nearly £1000 each under Labour’s nationalisation plans, according to a new study by economic consultants NERA.

There has been significant recent debate about the extent of private sector involvement in the delivery of water and wastewater services. Part of the debate has considered international examples, where the extent of private sector participation has significantly changed, and the impact this has had on service levels. This paper and fact sheet considers four such examples: Eau de Paris (Paris Water), Berliner Wasserbetriebe (Berlin Water Works), the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, and Budapest Waterworks.

Update: the Fine to Flush ‘wet wipe’ certification will come to an end in March 2024. 

Support for water nationalisation has continued to fall with only one in four people now backing it.